Quantum Information Science

Abstract

This report discusses research conducted under the in-house AFRL/RI project Quantum Computing from FY16-FY18. In the sections below we discuss (i) the use of Aluminum Nitride (AIN) as a universal platform for quantum photonic integrated circuits (QPIC), (ii) theory and device characterization of a QPIC Quantum Photonic Processor (QPP), (iii) the important practical issue of Quantum Frequency Conversion, (iv) a Dual Mach Zehnder Interferometer capable of separating out the driving pump from the generated entangled photon pairs, (v) a detailed theoretical and experimental investigation of Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion for entangled photon generation, (vi) a theoretical investigation of nonlinear optical processes in waveguide micro-ring resonators and (vii) an analysis of quantum algorithms conducted on the DWAVE quantum annealing machine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 11, 2019
Accession Number
AD1067291

Entities

People

  • Paul M. Alsing

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency Combs
  • Frequency Conversion
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Lasers
  • Mach Zehnder Interferometers
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photonic Devices
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Quantum Computers
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Refractive Index
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing