Bidirectional multiplexing of heralded single photons from a silicon chip

C. Xiong; T. D. Vo; M. J. Collins; J. Li; T. F. Krauss; M. J. Steel; A. S. Clark; B. J. Eggleton

doi:10.1364/OL.38.005176

Bidirectional multiplexing of heralded single photons from a silicon chip

C. Xiong^*
, T. D. Vo
, M. J. Collins
, J. Li
, T. F. Krauss
, M. J. Steel
, A. S. Clark
, B. J. Eggleton

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate integrated spatial multiplexing of heralded single photons generated from a single 96 μm long silicon photonic crystal waveguide in a bidirectional pump configuration. By using a low-loss fiber-coupled opto-ceramic switch, the multiplexing technique enhances the brightness of the single photon source by 51.2 ± 4. 0% while maintaining the coincidence-to-accidental ratio. Compared with the demonstration of multiplexing two individual sources, the bidirectional pump scheme represents a twofold reduction in the footprint of nonlinear devices for future large-scale integration of on-chip single photon sources. The 51.2 ± 4.0% gain will make any quantum operation requiring n photons 1.5n times faster.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5176-5179
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	38
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.005176
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2013

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