Integrated spatial multiplexing of heralded single-photon sources

M. J. Collins; C. Xiong; I. H. Rey; T. D. Vo; J. He; S. Shahnia; C. Reardon; T. F. Krauss; M. J. Steel; A. S. Clark; B. J. Eggleton

doi:10.1038/ncomms3582

Integrated spatial multiplexing of heralded single-photon sources

M. J. Collins, C. Xiong, I. H. Rey, T. D. Vo, J. He, S. Shahnia, C. Reardon, T. F. Krauss, M. J. Steel, A. S. Clark, B. J. Eggleton^*

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The non-deterministic nature of photon sources is a key limitation for single-photon quantum processors. Spatial multiplexing overcomes this by enhancing the heralded single-photon yield without enhancing the output noise. Here the intrinsic statistical limit of an individual source is surpassed by spatially multiplexing two monolithic silicon-based correlated photon pair sources in the telecommunications band, demonstrating a 62.4% increase in the heralded single-photon output without an increase in unwanted multipair generation. We further demonstrate the scalability of this scheme by multiplexing photons generated in two waveguides pumped via an integrated coupler with a 63.1% increase in the heralded photon rate. This demonstration paves the way for a scalable architecture for multiplexing many photon sources in a compact integrated platform and achieving efficient two-photon interference, required at the core of optical quantum computing and quantum communication protocols.

Original language	English
Article number	2582
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3582
Publication status	Published - 2013

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