Subjects: Optics >> Quantum optics submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract: With high integration density and excellent optical properties, silicon photonics is becoming a promising platform for complete integration and large-scale optical quantum information processing. Scalable quantum information applications need photon generation and detection to be integrated on the same chip, and we have seen that various devices on the silicon photonic chip have been developed for this goal. This paper reviews the relevant research results and state-of-the-art technologies on the silicon photonic chip for scalable quantum applications. Despite the shortcomings, properties of some components have already met the requirements for further expansion. Furthermore, we point out the challenges ahead and further research directions for on-chip scalable quantum information applications.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review
Subjects: Optics >> Quantum optics submitted time 2023-02-19
Abstract: The frequency and orbital angular momentum (OAM) are independent physical properties of light that both offer unbounded degrees of freedom. However, creating, processing, and detecting high-dimensional OAM states have been a pivot and long-lasting task, as the complexity of the required optical systems scales up drastically with the OAM dimension. On the other hand, mature toolboxes -- such as optical frequency combs -- have been developed in the frequency domain for parallel measurements with excellent fidelity. Here we correlate the two dimensions into an equidistant comb structure on a photonic chip. Dissipative optical solitons formed in a nonlinear microresonator are emitted through the engraved angular gratings with each comb line carrying distinct OAM. Such one-to-one correspondence between the OAM and frequencies manifests state-of-the-art extinction ratios over 18.5 dB, enabling precision spectroscopy of optical vortices. The demonstrated vortex soliton microcombs provide coherent light sources that are multiplexed in the spatial and frequency domain, having the potential to establish a new modus operandi of high-dimensional structured light.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review