Development of a Wide-Bandgap Programmable Nanophotonic Processor

Abstract

This program aimed to fill the gap in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) capabilities by developing active wide-bandgap PIC platforms to operate from the ultraviolet to the infrared spectrum. We largely accomplished our goals, as detailed below, using III-nitride materials, most importantly aluminum nitride (AlN). Importantly, we designed and fabricated an AlN PIC platform that was then used for transformative experiments including multiphoton correlation spectroscopy with integrated superconducting nanowire detectors and large-scale hybrid integration of quantum artificial atoms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1111231

Entities

People

  • Dirk R. Englund

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Crystal Structure
  • Detection
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Lasers
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Quantum Computers
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing