Photon pair generation in a silicon micro-ring resonator with reverse bias enhancement

Erman Engin; Damien Bonneau; Chandra M. Natarajan; Alex S. Clark; M. G. Tanner; R. H. Hadfield; Sanders N. Dorenbos; Val Zwiller; Kazuya Ohira; Nobuo Suzuki; Haruhiko Yoshida; Norio Iizuka; Mizunori Ezaki; Jeremy L. O'Brien; Mark G. Thompson

doi:10.1364/OE.21.027826

Photon pair generation in a silicon micro-ring resonator with reverse bias enhancement

Erman Engin, Damien Bonneau, Chandra M. Natarajan, Alex S. Clark, M. G. Tanner, R. H. Hadfield, Sanders N. Dorenbos, Val Zwiller, Kazuya Ohira, Nobuo Suzuki, Haruhiko Yoshida, Norio Iizuka, Mizunori Ezaki, Jeremy L. O'Brien, Mark G. Thompson^*

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Abstract

Photon sources are fundamental components for any quantum photonic technology. The ability to generate high count-rate and low-noise correlated photon pairs via spontaneous parametric down-conversion using bulk crystals has been the cornerstone of modern quantum optics. However, future practical quantum technologies will require a scalable integration approach, and waveguide-based photon sources with high-count rate and low-noise characteristics will be an essential part of chip-based quantum technologies. Here, we demonstrate photon pair generation through spontaneous four-wave mixing in a silicon micro-ring resonator, reporting separately a maximum coincidence-to-accidental (CAR) ratio of 602 +/- 37 (for a generation rate of 827kHz), and a maximum photon pair generation rate of 123 MHz +/- 11 kHz (with a CAR value of 37). To overcome free-carrier related performance degradations we have investigated reverse biased p-i-n structures, demonstrating an improvement in the pair generation rate by a factor of up to 2 with negligible impact on CAR. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27826-27834
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	21
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.027826
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2013

Keywords

WAVE-GUIDES
CORRELATED PHOTONS
EFFICIENCY
CIRCUITS
CHIP

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Engin, E., Bonneau, D., Natarajan, C. M., Clark, A. S., Tanner, M. G., Hadfield, R. H., Dorenbos, S. N., Zwiller, V., Ohira, K., Suzuki, N., Yoshida, H., Iizuka, N., Ezaki, M., O'Brien, J. L., & Thompson, M. G. (2013). Photon pair generation in a silicon micro-ring resonator with reverse bias enhancement. Optics Express, 21(23), 27826-27834. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.027826

Engin, Erman ; Bonneau, Damien ; Natarajan, Chandra M. ; Clark, Alex S. ; Tanner, M. G. ; Hadfield, R. H. ; Dorenbos, Sanders N. ; Zwiller, Val ; Ohira, Kazuya ; Suzuki, Nobuo ; Yoshida, Haruhiko ; Iizuka, Norio ; Ezaki, Mizunori ; O'Brien, Jeremy L. ; Thompson, Mark G. / Photon pair generation in a silicon micro-ring resonator with reverse bias enhancement. In: Optics Express. 2013 ; Vol. 21, No. 23. pp. 27826-27834.

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