Quantum photonics at telecom wavelengths based on lithium niobate waveguides

Integrated optical components on lithium niobate play a major role in standard high-speed communication systems. Over the last two decades, after the birth and positioning of quantum information science, lithium niobate waveguide architectures have emerged as one of the key platforms for enabling ph...

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Published in:Journal of optics (2010) 2016-10, Vol.18 (10), p.104001
Main Authors: Alibart, Olivier, D'Auria, Virginia, Micheli, Marc De, Doutre, Florent, Kaiser, Florian, Labonté, Laurent, Lunghi, Tommaso, Picholle, Éric, Tanzilli, Sébastien
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Language:English
Subjects:
integrated quantum photonics
lithium niobate waveguides
nonlinear optics
Optics
Physics
quantum communication
Quantum Physics
quantum technologies
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Summary:Integrated optical components on lithium niobate play a major role in standard high-speed communication systems. Over the last two decades, after the birth and positioning of quantum information science, lithium niobate waveguide architectures have emerged as one of the key platforms for enabling photonics quantum technologies. Due to mature technological processes for waveguide structure integration, as well as inherent and efficient properties for nonlinear optical effects, lithium niobate devices are nowadays at the heart of many photon-pair or triplet sources, single-photon detectors, coherent wavelength-conversion interfaces, and quantum memories. Consequently, they find applications in advanced and complex quantum communication systems, where compactness, stability, efficiency, and interconnectability with other guided-wave technologies are required. In this review paper, we first introduce the material aspects of lithium niobate, and subsequently discuss all of the above mentioned quantum components, ranging from standard photon-pair sources to more complex and advanced circuits.
ISSN:2040-8978
2040-8986
DOI:10.1088/2040-8978/18/10/104001