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20172026
most citedIntegrated sources of entangled photons at telecom wavelength in femtosecond-laser-written circuits

82 citations · 300 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

physics.optics2026

Micro-Transfer Printing of Lithium Niobate on 200 mm Silicon Photonics: A High-Speed Heterogeneous Wafer-Scale Platform

Xiujun Zheng, Suzanne Bisschop, Arno Moerman +21

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and other data center applications is driving the demand for photonic interconnects that combine high-speed with low energy consump…

physics.optics2026

A variability-aware simulation and design workflow for wafer-scale, heterogeneously integrated lithium niobate modulators

Patrick Nenezic, Ewoud Vissers, Arno Moerman +11

We present a variability-aware simulation framework for heterogeneously integrated lithium niobate traveling-wave modulators. The framework incorporates fabrication-variation data…

physics.optics2026

Thin-film lithium tantalate for ultraviolet integrated electro-optic modulator

Chupao Lin, Patrick Nenezic, Arno Moerman +8

The realization of integrated, high-speed ultraviolet (UV) modulation is pivotal for the advancement of quantum information processing, portable atomic clocks, and secure solar-bli…

physics.optics2025★ 6 cited

Laser-written reconfigurable photonic integrated circuit directly coupled to a single-photon avalanche diode array

Giulio Gualandi, Simone Atzeni, Marco Gardina +8

To date, most integrated quantum photonics experiments rely on single-photon detectors operating at cryogenic temperatures coupled to photonic integrated circuits (PICs) through si…

physics.optics2023★ 17 cited

Toward Higher Integration Density in Femtosecond-Laser-Written Programmable Photonic Circuits

Riccardo Albiero, Ciro Pentangelo, Marco Gardina +3

Programmability in femtosecond-laser-written integrated circuits is commonly achieved with the implementation of thermal phase shifters. Recent work has shown how such phase shifte…

quant-ph2023★ 28 cited

QUICK -- Design of a satellite-based quantum light source for quantum communication and extended physical theory tests in space

Najme Ahmadi, Sven Schwertfeger, Philipp Werner +19

Modern quantum technologies have matured such that they can now be used in space applications, e.g., long-distance quantum communication. Here, we present the design of a compact t…

quant-ph2022★ 3 cited

High-speed integrated QKD system

Rebecka Sax, Alberto Boaron, Gianluca Boso +10

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is nowadays a well established method for generating secret keys at a distance in an information-theoretic secure way, as the secrecy of QKD relies o…

physics.app-ph2020★ 35 cited

Thermal phase shifters for femtosecond laser written photonic integrated circuits

Francesco Ceccarelli, Simone Atzeni, Alessandro Prencipe +2

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are today acknowledged as an effective solution to fulfill the demanding requirements of many practical applications in both classical and quant…

physics.optics2020★ 59 cited

Low power reconfigurability and reduced crosstalk in integrated photonic circuits fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining

Francesco Ceccarelli, Simone Atzeni, Ciro Pentangelo +3

Femtosecond laser writing is a powerful technique that allows rapid and cost-effective fabrication of photonic integrated circuits with unique three-dimensional geometries. In part…

physics.optics2018★ 70 cited

Symmetric polarization insensitive directional couplers fabricated by femtosecond laser waveguide writing

Giacomo Corrielli, Simone Atzeni, Simone Piacentini +3

We study analytically the polarization behaviour of directional couplers composed of birefringent waveguides, showing that they can induce polarization transformations that depend…

quant-ph2017★ 82 cited

Integrated sources of entangled photons at telecom wavelength in femtosecond-laser-written circuits

Simone Atzeni, Adil S. Rab, Giacomo Corrielli +7

Photon entanglement is an important state of light that is at the basis of many protocols in photonic quantum technologies, from quantum computing, to simulation and sensing. The c…