Waveguide superconducting single-photon autocorrelators for quantum photonic applications

D. Sahin, A. Gaggero, G. Frucci, S. Jahanmirinejad, J.P. Sprengers, F. Mattioli, R. Leoni, J. Beetz, M. Lermer, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, A. Fiore

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Abstract

We report a novel component for integrated quantum photonic applications, a waveguide single-photon autocorrelator. It is based on two superconducting nanowire detectors patterned onto the same GaAs ridge waveguide. Combining the electrical output of the two detectors in a correlation card enables the measurement of the second-order correlation function g(2) (t), which realizes the functionality of a Hanbury-Brown and Twiss experiment in a very compact integrated device. Each detector shows a polarization-independent quantum efficiency of ~0.5-1% at 1300 nm. This autocorrelator represents a key building block for quantum photonic integrated circuits including single-photon sources and linear optics. © (2013) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication VI, San Francisco, 2013
EditorsZ.U. Hasan, P.R. Hemmer, H. Lee, C.M. Santori
Place of PublicationBellingham
PublisherSPIE
Pages86351B-1/6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
Volume8635
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

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