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On-Chip Architecture for Self-Homodyned Nonclassical Light

Kevin A. Fischer1,*, Yousif A. Kelaita1, Neil V. Sapra1, Constantin Dory1, Konstantinos G. Lagoudakis1, Kai Müller2, and Jelena Vučković1

  • 1E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 2Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany

  • *kevinf@stanford.edu
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Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 044002 – Published 3 April, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.044002

Abstract

In the last decade, there has been remarkable progress on the practical integration of on-chip quantum photonic devices, yet quantum-state generators remain an outstanding challenge. Simultaneously, the quantum-dot photonic-crystal-resonator platform has demonstrated a versatility for creating nonclassical light with tunable quantum statistics thanks to a newly discovered self-homodyning interferometric effect that preferentially selects the quantum light over the classical light when using an optimally tuned Fano resonance. In this work, we propose a general structure for the cavity quantum electrodynamical generation of quantum states from a waveguide-integrated version of the quantum-dot photonic-crystal-resonator platform, which is specifically tailored for preferential quantum-state transmission. We support our results with rigorous finite-difference time-domain and quantum-optical simulations and show how our proposed device can serve as a robust generator of highly pure single- and even multiphoton states.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 044002– Published 3 April, 2017
  • Received 4 November 2016
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