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physics.optics2023

Tunable quantum emitters on large-scale foundry silicon photonics

Hugo Larocque, Mustafa Atabey Buyukkaya, Carlos Errando-Herranz +9

Controlling large-scale many-body quantum systems at the level of single photons and single atomic systems is a central goal in quantum information science and technology. Intensiv…

quant-ph2022

Steady-state microwave mode cooling with a diamond NV ensemble

Donald P. Fahey, Kurt Jacobs, Matthew J Turner +4

A fundamental result of quantum mechanics is that the fluctuations of a bosonic field are given by its temperature . An electromagnetic mode with frequency in the microwave…

physics.optics2007

Genetic Optimization of Photonic Bandgap Structures

Joel Goh, Ilya Fushman, Dirk Englund +1

We investigate the use of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to design a set of photonic crystals (PCs) in one and two dimensions. Our flexible design methodology allows us to optimize PC st…

cs.ET2022

Single-Shot Optical Neural Network

Liane Bernstein, Alexander Sludds, Christopher Panuski +3

As deep neural networks (DNNs) grow to solve increasingly complex problems, they are becoming limited by the latency and power consumption of existing digital processors. For impro…

physics.optics2014

On-Chip Detection of Entangled Photons by Scalable Integration of Single-Photon Detectors

Faraz Najafi, Jacob Mower, Nicholas Harris +8

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have emerged as a scalable platform for complex quantum technologies using photonic and atomic systems. A central goal has been to integrate pho…

quant-ph2025

Programmable Quantum Photonic Interfaces for Quantum Networking

Siavash Mirzaei-Ghormish, Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad, Helaman Flores +2

Quantum networks require interfaces translating memory photons to telecom wavelengths while controlling spatial modes; tasks performed by separate components today. We present a pr…

cs.ET2022

Delocalized Photonic Deep Learning on the Internet's Edge

Alexander Sludds, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Zaijun Chen +13

Advances in deep neural networks (DNNs) are transforming science and technology. However, the increasing computational demands of the most powerful DNNs limit deployment on low-pow…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

Ultra-fast calorimetric measurements of the electronic heat capacity of graphene

Mohammed Ali Aamir, John N. Moore, Xiaobo Lu +4

Heat capacity is an invaluable quantity in condensed matter physics, yet it has been so far experimentally inaccessible in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials, owing…

physics.optics2024

Towards the Information-Theoretic Limit of Programmable Photonics

Ryan Hamerly, Jasvith Raj Basani, Alexander Sludds +2

The scalability of many programmable photonic circuits is limited by the tuning range needed for the constituent phase shifters. To address this problem, we introduce the con…

physics.optics2022

Accurate Self-Configuration of Rectangular Multiport Interferometers

Ryan Hamerly, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Dirk Englund

Multiport interferometers based on integrated beamsplitter meshes are widely used in photonic technologies. While the rectangular mesh is favored for its compactness and uniformity…

quant-ph2021

Quantum control of the tin-vacancy spin qubit in diamond

Romain Debroux, Cathryn P. Michaels, Carola M. Purser +12

Group-IV color centers in diamond are a promising light-matter interface for quantum networking devices. The negatively charged tin-vacancy center (SnV) is particularly interesting…

quant-ph2017

Routing entanglement in the quantum internet

Mihir Pant, Hari Krovi, Don Towsley +5

Remote quantum entanglement can enable numerous applications including distributed quantum computation, secure communication, and precision sensing. In this paper, we consider how…

quant-ph2011

Efficient generation of single and entangled photons on a silicon photonic integrated chip

Jacob Mower, Dirk Englund

We present a protocol for generating on-demand, indistinguishable single photons on a silicon photonic integrated chip. The source is a time-multiplexed spontaneous parametric down…

physics.optics2024

All-optical nonlinear activation function based on stimulated Brillouin scattering

Grigorii Slinkov, Steven Becker, Dirk Englund +1

Photonic neural networks have demonstrated their potential over the past decades, but have not yet reached the full extent of their capabilities. One reason for this lies in an ess…

quant-ph2022

Quantum algorithms for group convolution, cross-correlation, and equivariant transformations

Grecia Castelazo, Quynh T. Nguyen, Giacomo De Palma +3

Group convolutions and cross-correlations, which are equivariant to the actions of group elements, are commonly used in mathematics to analyze or take advantage of symmetries inher…

physics.app-ph2017

Rectangular Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities in Bulk Diamond

Sara Mouradian, Noel H. Wan, Tim Schröder +1

We demonstrate the fabrication of photonic crystal nanobeam cavities with rectangular cross section into bulk diamond. In simulation, these cavities have an unloaded quality factor…

quant-ph2023

Ultrastrong magnetic light-matter interaction with cavity mode engineering

Hyeongrak Choi, Dirk Englund

Magnetic interaction between photons and dipoles is essential in electronics, sensing, spectroscopy, and quantum computing. However, its weak strength often requires resonators to…

cs.ET2022

Netcast: Low-Power Edge Computing with WDM-defined Optical Neural Networks

Ryan Hamerly, Alexander Sludds, Saumil Bandyopadhyay +4

This paper analyzes the performance and energy efficiency of Netcast, a recently proposed optical neural-network architecture designed for edge computing. Netcast performs deep neu…

cs.CV2026

From Pixels to PCells: A Neurosymbolic Approach to Photonic Component Creation

Aadarsh Agarwal, Kenaish Al Qubaisi, Dirk Englund

We present PixCell, a neurosymbolic system in which multimodal agents convert a visually presented photonic component into a parametric program over a small domain-specific languag…

quant-ph2011

Nonlinear Temporal Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Quantum Dot-Cavity System

Arka Majumdar, Dirk Englund, Michal Bajcsy +1

We theoretically analyze and simulate the temporal dynamics of strongly coupled quantum dot-cavity system driven by a resonant laser pulse. We observe the signature of Rabi oscilla…

quant-ph2014

Coherent spin control of a nanocavity-enhanced qubit in diamond

Luozhou Li, Tim Schröder, Edward H. Chen +11

A central aim of quantum information processing is the efficient entanglement of multiple stationary quantum memories via photons. Among solid-state systems, the nitrogen-vacancy (…

cond-mat.mes-hall2012

Tailoring Light-Matter Interaction with a Nanoscale Plasmon Resonator

Nathalie P. de Leon, Brendan J. Shields, Chun L. Yu +4

We propose and demonstrate a new approach for achieving strong light-matter interactions with quantum emitters. Our approach makes use of a plasmon resonator composed of defect-fre…

quant-ph2006

Generation and transfer of single photons on a photonic crystal chip

Dirk Englund, Andrei Faraon, Bingyang Zhang +2

We present a basic building block of a quantum network consisting of a quantum dot coupled to a source cavity, which in turn is coupled to a target cavity via a waveguide. The sing…

quant-ph2021

Investigation of the Stark Effect on a Centrosymmetric Quantum Emitter in Diamond

Lorenzo De Santis, Matthew Trusheim, Kevin Chen +1

Quantum emitters in diamond are leading optically-accessible solid-state qubits. Among these, Group IV-vacancy defect centers have attracted great interest as coherent and stable o…

quant-ph2023

Tutorial: Remote entanglement protocols for stationary qubits with photonic interfaces

Hans K. C. Beukers, Matteo Pasini, Hyeongrak Choi +3

Generating entanglement between distant quantum systems is at the core of quantum networking. In recent years, numerous theoretical protocols for remote entanglement generation hav…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Foundry CMOS platform for multimodal quantum materials characterization

Sharad Kumar Yadav, Luca Nessi, Ondrej Dyck +13

Quantum materials experiments increasingly rely on microwave, electrical, thermal, optical, and structural probes, but these capabilities are typically assembled from custom hardwa…

quant-ph2024

An integrated photonic engine for programmable atomic control

Ian Christen, Madison Sutula, Thomas Propson +11

Solutions for scalable, high-performance optical control are important for the development of scaled atom-based quantum technologies. Modulation of many individual optical beams is…

physics.optics2019

High-Speed Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulators with Two-Dimensional Tunable Microcavity Arrays

Cheng Peng, Ryan Hamerly, Mohammad Soltani +1

Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are central to numerous applications ranging from high-speed displays to adaptive optics, structured illumination microscopy, and holography. After…

quant-ph2025

Vector magnetometry using cavity-enhanced microwave readout in nitrogen-vacancy diamond

Reginald Wilcox, David Phillips, Matthew Steinecker +6

We demonstrate -steradian vector magnetic field sensing using an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in a single-crystal diamond coupled to a microwave (MW) cavity. The…

physics.optics2026

Monolithic Integration of Piezo-Optomechanical Photonics and CMOS Electronics

Matthew Zimmermann, Aileen Zhai, Andrew J. Leenheer +10

Next-generation photonic architectures for AI, sensing, and quantum computing require thousands to millions of reprogrammable photonic devices on a chip[1]. The monolithic integrat…

quant-ph2025

Broadband Spatio-Spectral Mode Conversion via Four-Wave Mixing

Helaman Flores, Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad, Siavash Mirzaei-Ghormish +2

We introduce a framework for scalable and broadband free-space phase-matched four-wave mixing in ring resonators. This method for four-wave mixing reduces the complexity of couplin…

quant-ph2020

A Phononic Bus for Coherent Interfaces Between a Superconducting Quantum Processor, Spin Memory, and Photonic Quantum Networks

Tomas Neuman, Matt Eichenfield, Matthew Trusheim +3

We introduce a method for high-fidelity quantum state transduction between a superconducting microwave qubit and the ground state spin system of a solid-state artificial atom, medi…

physics.optics2025

Full-volume aberration-space holography

Ian Christen, Christopher Panuski, Thomas Propson +1

Simultaneous, diffraction-limited control of multiple optical beams is crucial for applications ranging from lithography to optogenetics, deep tissue imaging, and tweezer-based man…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016

Tunable and high purity room-temperature single photon emission from atomic defects in hexagonal boron nitride

Gabriele Grosso, Hyowon Moon, Benjamin Lienhard +7

Two-dimensional van der Waals materials have emerged as promising platforms for solid-state quantum information processing devices with unusual potential for heterogeneous assembly…

quant-ph2022

Quantum Network Utility: A Framework for Benchmarking Quantum Networks

Yuan Lee, Wenhan Dai, Don Towsley +1

The absence of a common framework for benchmarking quantum networks is an obstacle to comparing the capabilities of different quantum networks. We propose a general framework for q…

quant-ph2018

Robust High-Dynamic-Range Vector Magnetometry via Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond

Hannah Clevenson, Linh M. Pham, Carson Teale +3

We demonstrate a robust, scale-factor-free vector magnetometer, which uses a closed-loop frequency-locking scheme to simultaneously track Zeeman-split resonance pairs of nitrogen-v…

physics.optics2026

Breaking On/Off-coupling Loss Degeneracies via Bidirectional Nonlinear Optics

Bo-Han Wu, Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad, Mengjie Yu +1

Accurate evaluation of nonlinear photonic integrated circuits requires separating input and output coupling efficiencies (i.e., and ), yet the conventional linear-tran…

physics.app-ph2017

Metal-Dielectric Antennas for Efficient Photon Collection from Diamond Color Centers

Amir Karamlou, Matthew E. Trusheim, Dirk Englund

A central challenge in quantum technologies based on atom-like defects is the efficient collection of the emitter's fluorescence. Optical antennas are appealing as they offer direc…

physics.optics2021

Universal linear optics by programmable multimode interference

Hugo Larocque, Dirk Englund

We introduce a constructive algorithm for universal linear electromagnetic transformations between the input and output modes of a dielectric slab. The approach uses out-of…

physics.optics2026

18-dB on-chip vacuum squeezing in an adaptively poled lithium niobate waveguide

Tushar Sanjay Karnik, Xinyi Ren, Chun-Ho Lee +16

Quantum squeezed states of light can enhance measurement sensitivity beyond classical limits and enable quantum information processing, but scalable low-loss sources remain challen…

quant-ph2014

Towards High-Fidelity Quantum Computation and Simulation on a Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuit

Jacob Mower, Nicholas C. Harris, Gregory R. Steinbrecher +2

We propose and analyze the design of a programmable photonic integrated circuit for high-fidelity quantum computation and simulation. We demonstrate that the reconfigurability of o…

quant-ph2013

Finite-key analysis of high-dimensional time-energy entanglement-based quantum key distribution

Catherine Lee, Jacob Mower, Zheshen Zhang +2

We present a security analysis against collective attacks for the recently proposed time-energy entanglement-based quantum key distribution protocol, given the practical constraint…

physics.optics2024

Scalable construction of hybrid quantum photonic cavities

Andrew S. Greenspon, Mark Dong, Ian Christen +3

Nanophotonic resonators are central to numerous applications, from efficient spin-photon interfaces to laser oscillators and precision sensing. A leading approach consists of photo…

quant-ph2022

Routing Single Photons from a Trapped Ion Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit

Uday Saha, James D. Siverns, John Hannegan +4

Trapped ions are promising candidates for nodes of a scalable quantum network due to their long-lived qubit coherence times and high-fidelity single and two-qubit gates. Future qua…

physics.atom-ph2011

Time-keeping with electron spin states in diamond

Jonathan S. Hodges, Dirk Englund

Frequency standards based on atomic states, such as Rb or Cs vapors, or single trapped ions, are the most precise measures of time. Here we introduce a complementary device based o…

quant-ph2021

Thermally-Polarized Solid-State Spin Sensor

Reginald Wilcox, Erik Eisenach, John Barry +4

Quantum sensors based on spin defect ensembles have seen rapid development in recent years, with a wide array of target applications. Historically, these sensors have used optical…

quant-ph2017

Photophysics of GaN single photon sources in the visible spectral range

Amanuel M. Berhane, Kwang-Yong Jeong, Carlo Bradac +4

In this work, we present a detailed photophysical analysis of recently-discovered optically stable, single photon emitters (SPEs) in Gallium Nitride (GaN). Temperature-resolved pho…

quant-ph2023

Heterogeneous integration of spin-photon interfaces with a scalable CMOS platform

Linsen Li, Lorenzo De Santis, Isaac Harris +14

Color centers in diamonds have emerged as a leading solid-state platform for advancing quantum technologies, satisfying the DiVincenzo criteria and recently achieving a quantum adv…

physics.optics2025

Quantum Metamorphosis: Programmable Emergence and the Breakdown of Bulk-Edge Dichotomy in Multiscale Systems

Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad, Alireza Parhizkar, Lida Xu +6

Multiscale synergy -- the interplay of a system's distinct characteristic length, time, and energy scales -- is becoming a unifying thread across many contemporary branches of scie…

quant-ph2007

Low-Threshold Surface-Passivated Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser

Dirk Englund, Hatice Altug, Jelena Vuckovic

The efficiency and operating range of a photonic crystal laser is improved by passivating the InGaAs quantum well (QW) gain medium and GaAs membrane using an (NH4)S treatment. The…

quant-ph2017

Hybrid integration of solid-state quantum emitters on a silicon photonic chip

Je-Hyung Kim, Shahriar Aghaeimeibodi, Christopher J. K. Richardson +3

Scalable quantum photonic systems require efficient single photon sources coupled to integrated photonic devices. Solid-state quantum emitters can generate single photons with high…

physics.optics2013

Controlling the Spontaneous Emission Rate of Monolayer MoS in a Photonic Crystal Nanocavity

Xuetao Gan, Yuanda Gao, Kin Fai Mak +8

We report on controlling the spontaneous emission (SE) rate of a molybdenum disulfide (MoS) monolayer coupled with a planar photonic crystal (PPC) nanocavity. Spatially resolve…

physics.optics2014

Scalable integration of long-lived quantum memories into a photonic circuit

Sara L. Mouradian, Tim Schröder, Carl B. Poitras +8

We demonstrate a photonic circuit with integrated long-lived quantum memories. Pre-selected quantum nodes - diamond micro-waveguides containing single, stable, and negatively charg…

physics.optics2023

Synchronous micromechanically resonant programmable photonic circuits

Mark Dong, Julia M. Boyle, Kevin J. Palm +7

Programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are emerging as powerful tools for the precise manipulation of light, with applications in quantum information processing, optical…

eess.SP2026

Microring Perceptron Sensing for Low-Power Radio-Frequency Detection with Quantum-Compatible Photonic Preprocessing

Bo-Han Wu, Shi-Yuan Ma, Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad +4

Radio-frequency (RF) sensing underpins applications ranging from radar and wireless communication to biomedical and quantum measurement, where detection sensitivity at low signal-t…

quant-ph2016

Scalable Focused Ion Beam Creation of Nearly Lifetime-Limited Single Quantum Emitters in Diamond Nanostructures

Tim Schröder, Matthew E. Trusheim, Michael Walsh +12

The controlled creation of defect center---nanocavity systems is one of the outstanding challenges for efficiently interfacing spin quantum memories with photons for photon-based e…

quant-ph2007

Terahertz Room-Temperature Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser

Dirk Englund, Hatice Altug, Ilya Fushman +1

We describe an efficient surface-passivated photonic crystal nanocavity laser, demonstrating room-temperature operation with 3-ps total pulse duration (detector response limited) a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013

Enhanced Photodetection in Graphene-Integrated Photonic Crystal Cavity

Ren-Jye Shiue, Xuetao Gan, Yuanda Gao +6

We demonstrate the controlled enhancement of photoresponsivity in a graphene photodetector by coupling to slow light modes in a long photonic crystal linear defect cavity. Near the…

quant-ph2014

An integrated source of spectrally filtered correlated photons for large scale quantum photonic systems

Nicholas C. Harris, Davide Grassani, Angelica Simbula +7

We demonstrate the generation of quantum-correlated photon-pairs combined with the spectral filtering of the pump field by more than 95dB using Bragg reflectors and electrically tu…

quant-ph2023

Modular chip-integrated photonic control of artificial atoms in diamond nanostructures

Kevin J. Palm, Mark Dong, D. Andrew Golter +10

A central goal in creating long-distance quantum networks and distributed quantum computing is the development of interconnected and individually controlled qubit nodes. Atom-like…

physics.optics2025

Nanophotonic waveguide chip-to-free-space beam scanning at 68 Million Spots/(smm)

Matt Saha, Y. Henry Wen, Andrew S. Greenspon +11

A seamless chip-to-world photonic interface enables wide-ranging advancements in optical ranging, display, communication, computation, imaging, and light-matter interaction. An opt…

physics.optics2021

Terahertz Light Sources by Electronic-Oscillator-Driven Second Harmonic Generation in Extreme-Confinement Cavities

Lamia Ateshian, Hyeongrak Choi, Mikkel Heuck +1

The majority of sources of coherent optical radiation rely on laser oscillators driven by population inversion. Despite their technological importance in communications, medicine,…

physics.optics2023

Metal-Optic Nanophotonic Modulators in Standard CMOS Technology

Mohamed ElKabbash, Sivan Trajtenberg-Mills, Isaac Harris +8

Integrating nanophotonics with electronics promises revolutionary applications, from LiDAR to holographic displays. Although silicon photonics is maturing, realizing active nanopho…

quant-ph2015

Quantum Logic with Interacting Bosons in 1D

Yoav Lahini, Gregory R. Steinbrecher, Adam D. Bookatz +1

We present a scheme for implementing high-fidelity quantum logic gates using the quantum walk of a few interacting bosons on a one-dimensional lattice. The gate operation is carrie…

quant-ph2010

Linewidth broadening of a quantum dot coupled to an off-resonant cavity

Arka Majumdar, Andrei Faraon, Erik Kim +4

We study the coupling between a photonic crystal cavity and an off-resonant quantum dot under resonant excitation of the cavity or the quantum dot. Linewidths of the quantum dot an…

cs.ET2021

Hardware error correction for programmable photonics

Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Ryan Hamerly, Dirk Englund

Programmable photonic circuits of reconfigurable interferometers can be used to implement arbitrary operations on optical modes, facilitating a flexible platform for accelerating t…

eess.IV2024

Deterministic fast and stable phase retrieval in multiple dimensions

Cole Brabec, Sivan Trajtenberg-Mills, Luca Daniel +1

We present the first phase retrieval algorithm guaranteed to solve the multidimensional phase retrieval problem in polynomial arithmetic complexity without prior information. The m…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Graphene calorimetric single-photon detector

Bevin Huang, Ethan G. Arnault, Woochan Jung +8

Single photon detectors (SPDs) are essential technology in quantum science, quantum network, biology, and advanced imaging. To detect the small quantum of energy carried in a photo…

physics.optics2024

Piezoelectrically actuated high-speed spatial light modulator for visible to near-infrared wavelengths

Tom Vanackere, Artur Hermans, Ian Christen +8

Advancements in light modulator technology have been driving discoveries and progress across various fields. The problem of large-scale coherent optical control of atomic quantum s…

quant-ph2024

Development of a Boston-area 50-km fiber quantum network testbed

Eric Bersin, Matthew Grein, Madison Sutula +22

Distributing quantum information between remote systems will necessitate the integration of emerging quantum components with existing communication infrastructure. This requires un…

physics.app-ph2021

Alignment-free photonic interconnects

Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Dirk Englund

Next generation optoelectronic systems will require the efficient transfer of optical signals between many discrete photonic components integrated onto a single substrate. While mo…

physics.optics2017

Integrated nanoplasmonic quantum interfaces for room temperature single photon sources

Frédéric Peyskens, Darrick Chang, Dirk Englund

We describe a general analytical framework of a nanoplasmonic cavity-emitter system interacting with a dielectric photonic waveguide. Taking into account emitter quenching and deph…

physics.optics2025

Spectral tuning and nanoscale localization of single color centers in silicon via controllable strain

Alessandro Buzzi, Camille Papon, Matteo Pirro +5

The development of color centers in silicon enables scalable quantum technologies by combining telecom-wavelength emission and compatibility with mature silicon fabrication. Howeve…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Performance limits due to thermal transport in graphene single-photon bolometers

Caleb Fried, B. Jordan Russell, Ethan G. Arnault +5

In high-sensitivity bolometers and calorimeters, the photon absorption often occurs at a finite distance from the temperature sensor to accommodate antennas or avoid the degradatio…

cs.ET2022

Deep Learning with Coherent VCSEL Neural Networks

Zaijun Chen, Alexander Sludds, Ronald Davis +8

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are reshaping the field of information processing. With their exponential growth challenging existing electronic hardware, optical neural networks (ONNs…

physics.optics2014

Efficient, Compact and Low Loss Thermo-Optic Phase Shifter in Silicon

Nicholas C. Harris, Yangjin Ma, Jacob Mower +4

We design a resistive heater optimized for efficient and low-loss optical phase modulation in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide and characterize the fabricated devices. Modula…

quant-ph2007

Dynamics of Quantum Dot Photonic Crystal Lasers

Bryan Ellis, Ilya Fushman, Dirk Englund +3

Quantum dot photonic crystal membrane lasers were fabricated and the large signal modulation characteristics were studied. We find that the modulation characteristics of quantum do…

quant-ph2026

Hardware Co-Designed Optimal Control for Programmable Atomic Quantum Processors via Reinforcement Learning

Qian Ding, Dirk Englund

Developing scalable, fault-tolerant atomic quantum processors requires precise control over large arrays of optical beams. This remains a major challenge due to inherent imperfecti…

quant-ph2018

Temporally and spectrally multiplexed single photon source using quantum feedback control for scalable photonic quantum technologies

Mikkel Heuck, Mihir Pant, Dirk Englund

Current proposals for scalable photonic quantum technologies require on-demand sources of indistinguishable single photons with very high efficiency (having unheralded loss below $…

quant-ph2016

Review Article: Quantum Nanophotonics in Diamond

Tim Schröder, Sara Mouradian, Jiabao Zheng +6

The past decade has seen great advances in developing color centers in diamond for sensing, quantum information processing, and tests of quantum foundations. Increasingly, the succ…

physics.optics2012

High-Contrast Electro-Optic Modulation of a Photonic Crystal Nanocavity by Electrical Gating of Graphene

Xuetao Gan, Ren-Jye Shiue, Yuanda Gao +8

We demonstrate a high-contrast electro-optic modulation of a photonic crystal nanocavity integrated with an electrically gated monolayer graphene. A high quality (Q) factor air-slo…

physics.optics2014

Ultrahigh Resolution Spectroscopy Across the Visible to Infrared Spectrum Using Multi-Mode Interference in a Compact Tapered Fiber

Noel H. Wan, Fan Meng, Ren-Jye Shiue +3

Optical spectroscopy is a fundamental tool in numerous areas of science and technology. Much effort has focused on miniaturizing spectrometers, but thus far at the cost of high spe…

quant-ph2011

Ultrafast photon-photon interaction in a strongly coupled quantum dot-cavity system

Dirk Englund, Arka Majumdar, Michal Bajcsy +3

We study dynamics of the interaction between two weak light beams mediated by a strongly coupled quantum dot-photonic crystal cavity system. First, we perform all optical switching…

quant-ph2026

Recirculating Quantum Photonic Networks for Fast Deterministic Quantum Information Processing

Emil Grovn, Matias Bundgaard-Nielsen, Jesper Mørk +2

A fundamental challenge in photonics-based deterministic quantum information processing is to realize key transformations on time scales shorter than those of detrimental decoheren…

cs.ET2025

Machine Intelligence on Wireless Edge Networks

Sri Krishna Vadlamani, Kfir Sulimany, Zhihui Gao +2

Machine intelligence on edge devices enables low-latency processing and improved privacy, but is often limited by the energy and delay of moving and converting data. Current system…

cs.AI2026

Ax-Prover: A Deep Reasoning Agentic Framework for Theorem Proving in Mathematics and Quantum Physics

Benjamin Breen, Marco Del Tredici, Jacob McCarran +6

We present Ax-Prover, a multi-agent system for automated theorem proving in Lean that can solve problems across diverse scientific domains and operate either autonomously or collab…

physics.optics2023

Closed-Loop Electron-Beam-Induced Spectroscopy and Nanofabrication Around Individual Quantum Emitters

Jawaher Almutlaq, Kyle P. Kelley, Hyeongrak Choi +5

Color centers in diamond play a central role in the development of quantum photonic technologies, and their importance is only expected to grow in the near future. For many quantum…

physics.optics2006

Efficient Photonic Crystal Cavity-Waveguide Couplers

Andrei Faraon, Edo Waks, Dirk Englund +2

Coupling of photonic crystal (PC) linear three-hole defect cavities (L3) to PC waveguides is theoretically and experimentally investigated. The systems are designed to increase the…

quant-ph2022

Programmable photonic integrated meshes for modular generation of optical entanglement links

Mark Dong, Matthew Zimmermann, David Heim +9

Large-scale generation of quantum entanglement between individually controllable qubits is at the core of quantum computing, communications, and sensing. Modular architectures of r…

quant-ph2019

Variational Quantum Unsampling on a Quantum Photonic Processor

Jacques Carolan, Masoud Mohseni, Jonathan P. Olson +8

Quantum algorithms for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) machines have recently emerged as new promising routes towards demonstrating near-term quantum advantage (or supremac…

quant-ph2025

High-Fidelity Control of a Strongly Coupled Electro-Nuclear Spin-Photon Interface

Isaac B. W. Harris, Ian Christen, Sofia M. Patomäki +13

Long distance quantum networking requires combining efficient spin-photon interfaces with long-lived local memories. Group-IV color centers in diamond (SiV, GeV, and SnV) are promi…

physics.optics2022

Asymptotically Fault-Tolerant Programmable Photonics

Ryan Hamerly, Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Dirk Englund

Component errors limit the scaling of programmable coherent photonic circuits. These errors arise because the standard tunable photonic coupler -- the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (…

physics.app-ph2022

Piezo-optomechanical cantilever modulators for VLSI visible photonics

Mark Dong, David Heim, Alex Witte +8

Visible-wavelength very large-scale integration (VLSI) photonic circuits have potential to play important roles in quantum information and sensing technologies. The realization of…

physics.optics2012

Light trapping in a 30-nm organic photovoltaic cell for efficient carrier collection and light absorption

Cheng-Chia Tsai, Richard R. Grote, Ashish Banerjee +2

We describe surface patterning strategies that permit high photon-collection efficiency together with high carrier-collection efficiency in an ultra-thin planar heterojunction orga…

physics.optics2018

A quantum photonics model for non-classical light generation using integrated nanoplasmonic cavity-emitter systems

Frédéric Peyskens, Dirk Englund

The implementation of non-classical light sources is becoming increasingly important for various quantum applications. A particularly interesting approach is to integrate such func…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014

Generation of Ensembles of Individually Resolvable Nitrogen Vacancies Using Nanometer-Scale Apertures in Ultrahigh-Aspect Ratio Planar Implantation Masks

Igal Bayn, Edward H. Chen, Matthew E. Trusheim +9

A central challenge in developing magnetically coupled quantum registers in diamond is the fabrication of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers with localization below ~20 nm to enable fas…

quant-ph2023

A fully packaged multi-channel cryogenic module for optical quantum memories

David J. Starling, Katia Shtyrkova, Ian Christen +13

Realizing a quantum network will require long-lived quantum memories with optical interfaces incorporated into a scalable architecture. Color centers quantum emitters in diamond ha…

quant-ph2016

High-rate field demonstration of large-alphabet quantum key distribution

Catherine Lee, Darius Bunandar, Zheshen Zhang +6

Quantum key distribution (QKD) exploits the quantum nature of light to share provably secure keys, allowing secure communication in the presence of an eavesdropper. The first QKD s…

physics.optics2020

Fundamental thermal noise limits for optical microcavities

Christopher Panuski, Dirk Englund, Ryan Hamerly

We present a joint theoretical and experimental characterization of thermo-refractive noise in high quality factor (), small mode volume () optical microcavities. Analogous t…

physics.optics2006

Ultra Fast Nonlinear Optical Tuning of Photonic Crystal Cavities

Ilya Fushman, Edo Waks, Dirk Englund +3

We demonstrate fast (up to 20 GHz), low power (5 ) modulation of photonic crystal (PC) cavities in GaAs containing InAs quantum dots. Rapid modulation through blue-shifting of…