Deterministic Integration of Single Photon Sources in Silicon Based Photonic Circuits
Iman Esmaeil Zadeh (TU Delft - QN/Zwiller Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Ali W. Elshaari (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QN/Mol. Electronics & Devices)
Klaus D. Jöns (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TU Delft - QN/Mol. Electronics & Devices, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Andreas Fognini (TU Delft - QN/Zwiller Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Dan Dalacu (National Research Council Canada)
Philip J. Poole (National Research Council Canada)
Michael E. Reimer (University of Waterloo)
Val Zwiller (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QN/Zwiller Lab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
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Abstract
A major step toward fully integrated quantum optics is the deterministic incorporation of high quality single photon sources in on-chip optical circuits. We show a novel hybrid approach in which preselected III-V single quantum dots in nanowires are transferred and integrated in silicon based photonic circuits. The quantum emitters maintain their high optical quality after integration as verified by measuring a low multiphoton probability of 0.07 ± 0.07 and emission line width as narrow as 3.45 ± 0.48 GHz. Our approach allows for optimum alignment of the quantum dot light emission to the fundamental waveguide mode resulting in very high coupling efficiencies. We estimate a coupling efficiency of 24.3 ± 1.7% from the studied single-photon source to the photonic channel and further show by finite-difference time-domain simulations that for an optimized choice of material and design the efficiency can exceed 90%.
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