ORCID Profile
0000-0002-9752-3144
Current Organisation
University Of Strathclyde
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-08-2015
DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS8948
Abstract: Entanglement—one of the most delicate phenomena in nature—is an essential resource for quantum information applications. Scalable photonic quantum devices must generate and control qubit entanglement on-chip, where quantum information is naturally encoded in photon path. Here we report a silicon photonic chip that uses resonant-enhanced photon-pair sources, spectral demultiplexers and reconfigurable optics to generate a path-entangled two-qubit state and analyse its entanglement. We show that ring-resonator-based spontaneous four-wave mixing photon-pair sources can be made highly indistinguishable and that their spectral correlations are small. We use on-chip frequency demultiplexers and reconfigurable optics to perform both quantum state tomography and the strict Bell-CHSH test, both of which confirm a high level of on-chip entanglement. This work demonstrates the integration of high-performance components that will be essential for building quantum devices and systems to harness photonic entanglement on the large scale.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-09-2014
DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS5856
Abstract: The ability to rapidly switch between orbital angular momentum modes of light has important implications for future classical and quantum systems. In general, orbital angular momentum beams are generated using free-space bulk optical components where the fastest reconfiguration of such systems is around a millisecond using spatial light modulators. In this work, an extremely compact optical vortex emitter is demonstrated with the ability to actively tune between different orbital angular momentum modes. The emitter is tuned using a single electrically contacted thermo-optical control, maintaining device simplicity and micron scale footprint. On-off keying and orbital angular momentum mode switching are achieved at rates of 10 μs and 20 μs respectively.
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 06-2013
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 19-10-2012
Abstract: The angular momentum of photons can be used to encode and transmit information. Cai et al. (p. 363 ) developed a method for generating and emitting controllable orbital angular momentum states of light from a reconfigurable and scalable silicon photonic chip. Using micro-ring resonators embedded with angular gratings allowed the imprinting of optical angular momentum on the light propagating in the whispering gallery modes of the resonator. The method may enable large-scale integration of optical vortex emitters on complementary metal-oxide–semiconductor-compatible silicon chips.
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 04-02-2020
Publisher: AIP
Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1063/1.4750086
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2021.STH2F.1
Abstract: In this study, a novel type of broadband polarization-sensitive photoconductive terahertz detectors based on crossed nanowire networks is demonstrated, enabling fast and precise polarization terahertz time-domain spectroscopy measurements.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 05-2020
Abstract: Terahertz (THz) radiation is an interesting region of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between microwaves and infrared. Non-ionizing and transparent to most fabrics, it is finding application in security screening and imaging but is also being developed for communication and chemical sensing. To date, most THz detectors have focused just on signal intensity, an effort that discards half the signal in terms of the full optical state, including polarization. Peng et al. developed a THz detector based on crossed nanowires (arranged in a hash structure) that is capable of resolving the full state of the THz light. The approach provides a nanophotonic platform for the further development of THz-based technologies. Science , this issue p. 510
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 24-09-2012
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023100
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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