Quantum Silicon Photonics Measurement System
Abstract
The primary objective of this DURIP project is to demonstrate quantum photonic circuits on a Silicon chip by using a quantum photonic measurement system with ultra-low noise and high efficiency. Quantum information science has shown that quantum effects can dramatically improve the performance of communication, computational and measurement systems. However, complex quantum systems have remained elusive due to the large number of resources (photon sources, circuits and detectors) that need to be tightly integrated together. Professor Preble is realizing breakthroughs by integrating quantum circuits on a silicon chip and developing scalable building blocks based on ring resonators, which dramatically reduce the footprint of the circuits and enable novel functionalities. The requested quantum measurement system, consisting of a low-noise tunable laser and high efficiency single photon detectors, will be a critical enabler of these Quantum Silicon Photonic chips.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Dec 05, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501610419
Entities
People
- Stefan F. Preble
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- United States Air Force