Chip circuit for light could be applied to quantum computations

Phys.org  January 3, 2023 While substantial progress has been made, separately, towards ultra-low loss chip-scale photonic circuits and high brightness single-photon sources, integration of these technologies has remained elusive. An international team of researchers (USA – National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Maryland, research org., MIT, UC Santa Barbara, industry, Brazil, South Korea) integrated a quantum emitter single-photon source with a wafer-scale, ultra-low loss silicon nitride photonic circuit to demonstrate triggered and pure single-photon emission into a Si3N4 photonic circuit with ≈ 1 dB/m propagation loss at a wavelength of ≈ 930 nm. They observed resonance fluorescence in the strong drive regime, showing promise […]