Combining Silicon Photonics and Micro-Electronics for High Bandwidth Squeezed Light Detection

Jonathan Frazer,Joel F. Tasker,Giacomo Ferranti,Euan J. Allen,Floriane Brunei,Sébastien Tanzilli,Virginia DAuria,Jonathan C. F. Matthews

Combining Silicon Photonics and Micro-Electronics for High Bandwidth Squeezed Light Detection

2020

Jonathan Frazer
Joel F. Tasker
Giacomo Ferranti
Euan J. Allen
Floriane Brunei
Sébastien Tanzilli
Virginia DAuria
Jonathan C. F. Matthews

We demonstrate a homodyne detector consisting of integrated silicon waveguides and Si-Ge photodiodes wirebonded directly to an amplification integrated circuit. The device performance is verified by detecting squeezed vacuum over 9 GHz of optical bandwidth.

Keywords:

Photodiode
Homodyne detection
Detector
Photonics
Silicon photonics
Bandwidth (signal processing)
Squeezed coherent state
Optoelectronics
Integrated circuit
Materials science

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