Thermally reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits at telecom wavelength by femtosecond laser micromachining

Fulvio Flamini; Lorenzo Magrini; Adil S Rab; Nicolò Spagnolo; Vincenzo D'Ambrosio; Paolo Mataloni; Fabio Sciarrino; Tommaso Zandrini; Andrea Crespi; Roberta Ramponi; Roberto Osellame

doi:10.1038/lsa.2015.127

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Thermally reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits at telecom wavelength by femtosecond laser micromachining

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- Thermally reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits at telecom wavelength by femtosecond laser micromachining
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 4, Issue 4, (2015)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Dipartimento di Fisica - Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy
  2.Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
  3.Dipartimento di Fisica - Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Author bio：
  
  F Sciarrino, Email: fabio.sciarrino@uniroma1.it
  R Osellame, Email: roberto.osellame@polimi.it
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2015.127
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- Published：2015-12，
  
  Published Online：16 July 2015，
  
  Received：23 February 2015，
  
  Revised：18 June 2015，
  
  Accepted：14 July 2015
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Flamini, F. et al. Thermally reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits at telecom wavelength by femtosecond laser micromachining. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e354 (2015).
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Flamini, F. et al. Thermally reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits at telecom wavelength by femtosecond laser micromachining. Light: Science & Applications, 4, e354 (2015). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2015.127.

摘要

Abstract

The importance of integrated quantum photonics in the telecom band is based on the possibility of interfacing with the optical network infrastructure that was developed for classical communications. In this framework

femtosecond laser-written integrated photonic circuits

which have already been assessed for use in quantum information experiments in the 800-nm wavelength range

have great potential. In fact

these circuits

being written in glass

can be perfectly mode-matched at telecom wavelength to the in/out coupling fibers

which is a key requirement for a low-loss processing node in future quantum optical networks. In addition

for several applications

quantum photonic devices must be dynamically reconfigurable. Here

we experimentally demonstrate the high performance of femtosecond laser-written photonic circuits for use in quantum experiments in the telecom band

and we demonstrate the use of thermal shifters

which were also fabricated using the same femtosecond laser

to accurately tune such circuits. State-of-the-art manipulation of single- and two-photon states is demonstrated

with fringe visibilities greater than 95%. The results of this work open the way to the realization of reconfigurable quantum photonic circuits based on this technological platform.

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Keywords

femtosecond laser micromachiningintegrated quantum photonicsthermal shifterstunable optical circuits

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