Indistinguishable photons from an artificial atom in silicon photonics

Komza, Lukasz; Samutpraphoot, Polnop; Odeh, Mutasem; Tang, Yu-Lung; Mathew, Milena; Chang, Jiu; Song, Hanbin; Kim, Myung-Ki; Xiong, Yihuang; Hautier, Geoffroy; Sipahigil, Alp

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51265-1

Indistinguishable photons from an artificial atom in silicon photonics

Journal Article · Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51265-1· OSTI ID:2440388

Komza, Lukasz ^[1]; Samutpraphoot, Polnop ^[2]; Odeh, Mutasem ^[2]; Tang, Yu-Lung ^[1]; Mathew, Milena ^[2]; Chang, Jiu ^[3]; Song, Hanbin ^[3]; ^[4]; Xiong, Yihuang ^[5]; ^[5]; Sipahigil, Alp ^[1]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Korea Univ., Seoul, (Korea, Republic of)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)

Silicon is the ideal material for building electronic and photonic circuits at scale. Integrated photonic quantum technologies in silicon offer a promising path to scaling by leveraging advanced semiconductor manufacturing and integration capabilities. However, the lack of deterministic quantum light sources and strong photon-photon interactions in silicon poses a challenge to scalability. In this work, we demonstrate an indistinguishable photon source in silicon photonics based on an artificial atom. We show that a G center in a silicon waveguide can generate high-purity telecom-band single photons. We perform high-resolution spectroscopy and time-delayed two-photon interference to demonstrate the indistinguishability of single photons emitted from a G center in a silicon waveguide. Our results show that artificial atoms in silicon photonics can source single photons suitable for photonic quantum networks and processors.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0022289

OSTI ID:: 2440388

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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