Deterministic Integration of Single Photon Sources in Silicon Based Photonic Circuits

A major step toward fully integrated quantum optics is the deterministic incorporation of high quality single photon sources in on-chip optical circuits. We show a novel hybrid approach in which preselected III–V single quantum dots in nanowires are transferred and integrated in silicon based photon...

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Published in:Nano letters 2016-04, Vol.16 (4), p.2289-2294
Main Authors: Zadeh, Iman Esmaeil, Elshaari, Ali W, Jöns, Klaus D, Fognini, Andreas, Dalacu, Dan, Poole, Philip J, Reimer, Michael E, Zwiller, Val
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circuits
Coupling
hybrid photonics
Integrated quantum optics
Nanostructure
nanowire quantum dot
Nanowires
Photonics
Photons
Quantum optics
Silicon
single-photons
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Summary:A major step toward fully integrated quantum optics is the deterministic incorporation of high quality single photon sources in on-chip optical circuits. We show a novel hybrid approach in which preselected III–V single quantum dots in nanowires are transferred and integrated in silicon based photonic circuits. The quantum emitters maintain their high optical quality after integration as verified by measuring a low multiphoton probability of 0.07 ± 0.07 and emission line width as narrow as 3.45 ± 0.48 GHz. Our approach allows for optimum alignment of the quantum dot light emission to the fundamental waveguide mode resulting in very high coupling efficiencies. We estimate a coupling efficiency of 24.3 ± 1.7% from the studied single-photon source to the photonic channel and further show by finite-difference time-domain simulations that for an optimized choice of material and design the efficiency can exceed 90%.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04709