7 papers
An ultralow-loss integrated photonic platform for discrete-variable quantum information processing
Yi-Han Luo, Ruiyang Chen, Zeying Zhong +9
Photonic integrated circuits offer a scalable and robust route toward quantum information technologies by consolidating photon sources and linear optical networks onto compact, waf…
1-Mbps Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 200 km Using Independent Dissipative Kerr Solitons
Hao Dong, Tian-Jiao Zhang, Yan-Wei Chen +10
Twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) dramatically enhances the secure key rate (SKR) over inter-city distances through its square-root scaling. Further improvements in aggr…
Kramers-Kronig causality in integrated photonics: The spectral tension between ultraviolet transition and mid-infrared absorption
Yue Hu, Zhenyuan Shang, Chenxi Zhang +12
Dispersion engineering via geometric confinement is essential to integrated photonics, enabling phenomena such as soliton microcombs, supercontinua, parametric oscillators, and ent…
A scalable near-visible integrated photon-pair source for satellite quantum science
Yi-Han Luo, Yuan Chen, Ruiyang Chen +8
Quantum state distribution over vast distances is essential for global-scale quantum networks and fundamental test of quantum physics at space scale. While satellite platforms have…
Intraresonance frequency combs in Kerr microresonators
Andrei N. Danilin, Timur R. Yunusov, Ekaterina S. Vahnitskaya +7
For more than 20 years, optical microresonators have served as the backbone of integrated nonlinear photonics, exploiting Kerr nonlinearity to generate octave-spanning frequency co…
Light coupling to photonic integrated circuits using optimized lensed fibers
Dengke Chen, Zeying Zhong, Sanli Huang +5
Efficient and reliable light coupling between optical fibers and photonic integrated circuits has arguably been the most essential issue in integrated photonics for optical interco…