TRR 142 - Compact high performance photon pair source using ultrafast hybrid modulators based on CMOS and LNOI (C11*)

Overview

The project aims to study and demonstrate miniaturized sources of decorrelated photon pairs with high repetition rate. The goal will be achieved by jointly integrating high-bandwidth electro-optic modulators, and a specifically tailored parametric down-conversion (PDC) section, both in a lithium-niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) platform. To obtain decorrelated states the PDC will be pumped with ultrabroadband optical pulses with tailored pulse shapes, tunable bandwidth, and repetition rate generated by means of a novel optical frequency comb synthesis technique. Ultrafast electronics will be integrated in a CMOS chip. Using LNOI and CMOS chips an ultra-compact photon pair source will be demonstrated.

Key Facts

Research profile area:
Optoelectronics and Photonics
Project type:
Research
Project duration:
01/2022 - 12/2025
Funded by:
DFG
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Principal Investigators

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Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn

Integrated Quantum Optics

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Christoph Scheytt

System and Circuit Technology / Heinz Nixdorf Institut

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Project Team

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Christian Kress, M. Sc.

Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 142

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Christian Kress, M. Sc.

Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 142

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Selected Publications

Generation of 100 GHz Periodic Nyquist Pulses using Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Modulators in a Silicon Electronic-Photonic Platform
C. Kress, T. Schwabe, C. Silberhorn, J.C. Scheytt, in: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2023, Optica Publishing Group, 2023.
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