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Measurement of Quantum Interference in a Silicon Ring Resonator Photon Source
Published on: April 4, 2017
Mid-infrared entanglement in 220 nm silicon
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Silicon photonics in the mid-infrared is a promising platform for quantum technologies. Previous demonstrations of silicon mid-infrared quantum optics have used a 340 nm silicon layer height. In this work, we use industry-standard 220 nm silicon to implement a novel, to the best of our knowledge, photon-pair source with a peak coincidence-to-accidental ratio (CAR) of 20.9±2.9 at a net measured rate of 0.63±0.02 Hz and an inferred source efficiency of 2.85±0.04 MHz W-2. Finally, we report the first integrated mid-infrared entanglement, generating a Bell state with a fidelity of F=94±2%.
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