Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 15, Issue 1, 12200(2022)

Quantum prospects for hybrid thin-film lithium niobate on silicon photonics

Jeremy C. Adcock* and Yunhong Ding
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  • Center for Silicon Photonics for Optical Communication, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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    Photonics is poised to play a unique role in quantum technology for computation, communications and sensing. Meanwhile, integrated photonic circuits—with their intrinsic phase stability and high-performance, nanoscale components—offer a route to scaling. However, each integrated platform has a unique set of advantages and pitfalls, which can limit their power. So far, the most advanced demonstrations of quantum photonic circuitry has been in silicon photonics. However, thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) is emerging as a powerful platform with unique capabilities; advances in fabrication have yielded loss metrics competitive with any integrated photonics platform, while its large second-order nonlinearity provides efficient nonlinear processing and ultra-fast modulation. In this short review, we explore the prospects of dynamic quantum circuits—such as multiplexed photon sources and entanglement generation—on hybrid TFLN on silicon (TFLN/Si) photonics and argue that hybrid TFLN/Si photonics may have the capability to deliver the photonic quantum technology of tomorrow.

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    Jeremy C. Adcock, Yunhong Ding. Quantum prospects for hybrid thin-film lithium niobate on silicon photonics[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2022, 15(1): 12200

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    Paper Information

    Category: MINI REVIEW

    Received: Jul. 2, 2021

    Accepted: Aug. 16, 2021

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: Adcock Jeremy C. (jerad@fotonik.dtu.dk)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-022-00006-7

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