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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 57: Quantum Networks II (joint session QI/Q)

Q 57.4: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 9. März 2023, 15:15–15:30, F428

Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference in LNOI — •Silia Babel, Laura Bollmers, Marcello Massaro, Kai Hong Luo, Michael Stefszky, Federico Pegoraro, Philip Held, Harald Herrmann, Christof Eigner, Benjamin Brecht, Laura Padberg, and Christine Silberhorn — Paderborn University, Integrated Quantum Optics, Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany

A quantum computer can be built solely using single photons sources, linear optics and single photon detectors. For the realisation of a photonic quantum computer, a particular interest has been devoted to the study of integrated networks since these offer many advantages such as stability, the possibility of compact devices and high efficiency, and thus provide scalability. The foundation of these integrated networks are directional couplers and interference between single photons.
A interesting platform for this purpose is Lithium Niobate on Insulator (LNOI) since it combines the advantages of conventional lithium niobate, such as a wide transparency window and high nonlinear coefficients, with a high integration density. To show that this material is suited for the realisation of integrated quantum networks, we demonstrate Hong-Ou-Mandel interference (HOMI) of telecom photons on a balanced directional coupler. We designed and fabricated the coupler in-house and achieve a raw HOMI visibility of (93.5±0.7)%. Our work demonstrates a crucial building block for integrated quantum networks based on LNOI.