---
_id: '63091'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We present the design and characterization of a guided-wave, bright, and highly
frequency non-degenerate parametric down-conversion (PDC) source in thin-film
lithium niobate. The source generates photon pairs with wavelengths of 815 nm
and 1550 nm, linking the visible wavelength regime with telecommunication wavelengths.
We confirm the high quality of the generated single photons by determining a value
for the heralded second-order correlation function as low as g_h^(2)=(6.7+/-1.1)*10^8-3).
Furthermore, we achieve a high spectral brightness of 0.44·10pairs/(smWGHz) which
is two orders of magnitude higher than sources based on weakly guiding waveguides.
The shape of the PDC spectrum and the strong agreement between the effective and
nominal bandwidth highlight our high fabrication quality of periodically poled
waveguides. The good agreement between the measured and simulated spectral characteristics
of our source demonstrates our excellent understanding of the PDC process. Our
result is a valuable step towards practical and scalable quantum communication
networks as well as photonic quantum computing.
article_number: '52729'
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Silia
full_name: Babel, Silia
id: '63231'
last_name: Babel
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-2580
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Bollmers, Laura
id: '61375'
last_name: Bollmers
- first_name: Franz
full_name: Roeder, Franz
id: '88149'
last_name: Roeder
- first_name: Werner
full_name: Ridder, Werner
id: '63574'
last_name: Ridder
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Golla, Christian
id: '40420'
last_name: Golla
- first_name: Ronja
full_name: Köthemann, Ronja
last_name: Köthemann
- first_name: Bernhard
full_name: Reineke, Bernhard
id: '29821'
last_name: Reineke
- first_name: Harald
full_name: Herrmann, Harald
id: '216'
last_name: Herrmann
- first_name: Benjamin
full_name: Brecht, Benjamin
id: '27150'
last_name: Brecht
orcid: '0000-0003-4140-0556 '
- first_name: Christof
full_name: Eigner, Christof
id: '13244'
last_name: Eigner
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-3083
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Padberg, Laura
id: '40300'
last_name: Padberg
- first_name: Christine
full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
id: '26263'
last_name: Silberhorn
citation:
ama: Babel S, Bollmers L, Roeder F, et al. Ultrabright, two-color photon pair source
based on thin-film lithium niobate for bridging visible and telecom wavelengths.
Optics Express. 2025;33(25). doi:10.1364/oe.571605
apa: Babel, S., Bollmers, L., Roeder, F., Ridder, W., Golla, C., Köthemann, R.,
Reineke, B., Herrmann, H., Brecht, B., Eigner, C., Padberg, L., & Silberhorn,
C. (2025). Ultrabright, two-color photon pair source based on thin-film lithium
niobate for bridging visible and telecom wavelengths. Optics Express, 33(25),
Article 52729. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.571605
bibtex: '@article{Babel_Bollmers_Roeder_Ridder_Golla_Köthemann_Reineke_Herrmann_Brecht_Eigner_et
al._2025, title={Ultrabright, two-color photon pair source based on thin-film
lithium niobate for bridging visible and telecom wavelengths}, volume={33}, DOI={10.1364/oe.571605}, number={2552729},
journal={Optics Express}, publisher={Optica Publishing Group}, author={Babel,
Silia and Bollmers, Laura and Roeder, Franz and Ridder, Werner and Golla, Christian
and Köthemann, Ronja and Reineke, Bernhard and Herrmann, Harald and Brecht, Benjamin
and Eigner, Christof and et al.}, year={2025} }'
chicago: Babel, Silia, Laura Bollmers, Franz Roeder, Werner Ridder, Christian Golla,
Ronja Köthemann, Bernhard Reineke, et al. “Ultrabright, Two-Color Photon Pair
Source Based on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate for Bridging Visible and Telecom Wavelengths.”
Optics Express 33, no. 25 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.571605.
ieee: 'S. Babel et al., “Ultrabright, two-color photon pair source based
on thin-film lithium niobate for bridging visible and telecom wavelengths,” Optics
Express, vol. 33, no. 25, Art. no. 52729, 2025, doi: 10.1364/oe.571605.'
mla: Babel, Silia, et al. “Ultrabright, Two-Color Photon Pair Source Based on Thin-Film
Lithium Niobate for Bridging Visible and Telecom Wavelengths.” Optics Express,
vol. 33, no. 25, 52729, Optica Publishing Group, 2025, doi:10.1364/oe.571605.
short: S. Babel, L. Bollmers, F. Roeder, W. Ridder, C. Golla, R. Köthemann, B. Reineke,
H. Herrmann, B. Brecht, C. Eigner, L. Padberg, C. Silberhorn, Optics Express 33
(2025).
date_created: 2025-12-15T07:20:36Z
date_updated: 2026-01-07T11:28:35Z
department:
- _id: '288'
- _id: '623'
doi: 10.1364/oe.571605
intvolume: ' 33'
issue: '25'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-33-25-52729
oa: '1'
publication: Optics Express
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 1094-4087
publication_status: published
publisher: Optica Publishing Group
status: public
title: Ultrabright, two-color photon pair source based on thin-film lithium niobate
for bridging visible and telecom wavelengths
type: journal_article
user_id: '63231'
volume: 33
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '62713'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Periodically poled thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) crystals are the fundamental
building block for highly-efficient quantum light sources and frequency converters.
The efficiency of these devices is strongly dependent on the interaction length
between the light and the nonlinear material, scaling quadratically with this
parameter. Nevertheless, the fabrication of long, continuously poled areas in
TFLN remains challenging, the length of continuously poled areas rarely exceeds
10 mm. In this work, we demonstrate a significant progress in this field achieving
the periodic poling of continuous poled areas of 70 mm length with a 3 μm poling
period and a close to 50 % duty cycle. We compare two poling electrode design
approaches to fabricate long, continuous poled areas. The first approach involves
the poling of a single, continuous 70 mm long electrode. The second utilize a
segmented approach including the poling of more than 20 individual sections forming
together a 70 mm long poling area with no stitching errors. While the continuous
electrode allows for faster fabrication, the segmented approach allows to individually
optimize the poling resulting in less duty cycle variation. A detailed analysis
of the periodic poling results reveals that the results of both are consistent
with previously reported poling outcomes for shorter devices. Thus, we demonstrate
wafer-scale periodic poling exceeding chiplet-size without any loss in the periodic
poling quality. Our work presents a key step towards highly-efficient, narrow-bandwidth
and low-pump power nonlinear optical devices.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Bollmers, Laura
id: '61375'
last_name: Bollmers
- first_name: Noah
full_name: Spiegelberg, Noah
last_name: Spiegelberg
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Rüsing, Michael
id: '22501'
last_name: Rüsing
orcid: 0000-0003-4682-4577
- first_name: Christof
full_name: Eigner, Christof
id: '13244'
last_name: Eigner
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-3083
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Padberg, Laura
id: '40300'
last_name: Padberg
- first_name: Christine
full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
id: '26263'
last_name: Silberhorn
citation:
ama: Bollmers L, Spiegelberg N, Rüsing M, Eigner C, Padberg L, Silberhorn C. Segmented
finger electrodes to optimize ultra-long continuous wafer-scale periodic poling
in thin-film lithium niobate. Nanophotonics. 2025;14:4761. doi:10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461
apa: Bollmers, L., Spiegelberg, N., Rüsing, M., Eigner, C., Padberg, L., & Silberhorn,
C. (2025). Segmented finger electrodes to optimize ultra-long continuous wafer-scale
periodic poling in thin-film lithium niobate. Nanophotonics, 14,
4761. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461
bibtex: '@article{Bollmers_Spiegelberg_Rüsing_Eigner_Padberg_Silberhorn_2025, title={Segmented
finger electrodes to optimize ultra-long continuous wafer-scale periodic poling
in thin-film lithium niobate}, volume={14}, DOI={10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461},
journal={Nanophotonics}, publisher={Walter de Gruyter GmbH}, author={Bollmers,
Laura and Spiegelberg, Noah and Rüsing, Michael and Eigner, Christof and Padberg,
Laura and Silberhorn, Christine}, year={2025}, pages={4761} }'
chicago: 'Bollmers, Laura, Noah Spiegelberg, Michael Rüsing, Christof Eigner, Laura
Padberg, and Christine Silberhorn. “Segmented Finger Electrodes to Optimize Ultra-Long
Continuous Wafer-Scale Periodic Poling in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate.” Nanophotonics
14 (2025): 4761. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461.'
ieee: 'L. Bollmers, N. Spiegelberg, M. Rüsing, C. Eigner, L. Padberg, and C. Silberhorn,
“Segmented finger electrodes to optimize ultra-long continuous wafer-scale periodic
poling in thin-film lithium niobate,” Nanophotonics, vol. 14, p. 4761,
2025, doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461.'
mla: Bollmers, Laura, et al. “Segmented Finger Electrodes to Optimize Ultra-Long
Continuous Wafer-Scale Periodic Poling in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate.” Nanophotonics,
vol. 14, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025, p. 4761, doi:10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461.
short: L. Bollmers, N. Spiegelberg, M. Rüsing, C. Eigner, L. Padberg, C. Silberhorn,
Nanophotonics 14 (2025) 4761.
date_created: 2025-12-01T08:45:07Z
date_updated: 2026-01-07T12:06:29Z
department:
- _id: '15'
- _id: '288'
- _id: '623'
doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461
intvolume: ' 14'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2025-0461
oa: '1'
page: '4761'
publication: Nanophotonics
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 2192-8606
- 2192-8614
publication_status: published
publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Segmented finger electrodes to optimize ultra-long continuous wafer-scale periodic
poling in thin-film lithium niobate
type: journal_article
user_id: '22501'
volume: 14
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '60566'
article_number: '074402'
author:
- first_name: Adriana
full_name: Bocchini, Adriana
id: '58349'
last_name: Bocchini
orcid: 0000-0002-2134-3075
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Rüsing, Michael
id: '22501'
last_name: Rüsing
orcid: 0000-0003-4682-4577
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Bollmers, Laura
id: '61375'
last_name: Bollmers
- first_name: Sebastian
full_name: Lengeling, Sebastian
id: '44373'
last_name: Lengeling
- first_name: Philipp
full_name: Mues, Philipp
id: '49772'
last_name: Mues
orcid: 0000-0003-0643-7636
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Padberg, Laura
id: '40300'
last_name: Padberg
- first_name: Uwe
full_name: Gerstmann, Uwe
id: '171'
last_name: Gerstmann
orcid: 0000-0002-4476-223X
- first_name: Christine
full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
id: '26263'
last_name: Silberhorn
- first_name: Christof
full_name: Eigner, Christof
id: '13244'
last_name: Eigner
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-3083
- first_name: Wolf Gero
full_name: Schmidt, Wolf Gero
id: '468'
last_name: Schmidt
orcid: 0000-0002-2717-5076
citation:
ama: 'Bocchini A, Rüsing M, Bollmers L, et al. Mg dopants in lithium niobate: Defect
models and impact on domain inversion. Physical Review Materials. 2025;9(7).
doi:10.1103/5wz1-bjyr'
apa: 'Bocchini, A., Rüsing, M., Bollmers, L., Lengeling, S., Mues, P., Padberg,
L., Gerstmann, U., Silberhorn, C., Eigner, C., & Schmidt, W. G. (2025). Mg
dopants in lithium niobate: Defect models and impact on domain inversion. Physical
Review Materials, 9(7), Article 074402. https://doi.org/10.1103/5wz1-bjyr'
bibtex: '@article{Bocchini_Rüsing_Bollmers_Lengeling_Mues_Padberg_Gerstmann_Silberhorn_Eigner_Schmidt_2025,
title={Mg dopants in lithium niobate: Defect models and impact on domain inversion},
volume={9}, DOI={10.1103/5wz1-bjyr},
number={7074402}, journal={Physical Review Materials}, publisher={American Physical
Society (APS)}, author={Bocchini, Adriana and Rüsing, Michael and Bollmers, Laura
and Lengeling, Sebastian and Mues, Philipp and Padberg, Laura and Gerstmann, Uwe
and Silberhorn, Christine and Eigner, Christof and Schmidt, Wolf Gero}, year={2025}
}'
chicago: 'Bocchini, Adriana, Michael Rüsing, Laura Bollmers, Sebastian Lengeling,
Philipp Mues, Laura Padberg, Uwe Gerstmann, Christine Silberhorn, Christof Eigner,
and Wolf Gero Schmidt. “Mg Dopants in Lithium Niobate: Defect Models and Impact
on Domain Inversion.” Physical Review Materials 9, no. 7 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/5wz1-bjyr.'
ieee: 'A. Bocchini et al., “Mg dopants in lithium niobate: Defect models
and impact on domain inversion,” Physical Review Materials, vol. 9, no.
7, Art. no. 074402, 2025, doi: 10.1103/5wz1-bjyr.'
mla: 'Bocchini, Adriana, et al. “Mg Dopants in Lithium Niobate: Defect Models and
Impact on Domain Inversion.” Physical Review Materials, vol. 9, no. 7,
074402, American Physical Society (APS), 2025, doi:10.1103/5wz1-bjyr.'
short: A. Bocchini, M. Rüsing, L. Bollmers, S. Lengeling, P. Mues, L. Padberg, U.
Gerstmann, C. Silberhorn, C. Eigner, W.G. Schmidt, Physical Review Materials 9
(2025).
date_created: 2025-07-09T09:13:24Z
date_updated: 2026-03-17T17:50:06Z
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- _id: '27'
doi: 10.1103/5wz1-bjyr
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creator: adrianab
date_created: 2025-07-09T09:18:45Z
date_updated: 2025-07-10T06:43:34Z
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project:
- _id: '52'
name: 'PC2: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing'
- _id: '53'
name: 'TRR 142: TRR 142 - Maßgeschneiderte nichtlineare Photonik: Von grundlegenden
Konzepten zu funktionellen Strukturen'
- _id: '55'
name: 'TRR 142 - B: TRR 142 - Project Area B'
- _id: '54'
name: 'TRR 142 - A: TRR 142 - Project Area A'
- _id: '168'
name: 'TRR 142 - B07: TRR 142 - Polaronen-Einfluss auf die optischen Eigenschaften
von Lithiumniobat (B07*)'
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name: 'TRR 142 - A11: TRR 142 - Subproject A11'
publication: Physical Review Materials
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 2475-9953
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
status: public
title: 'Mg dopants in lithium niobate: Defect models and impact on domain inversion'
type: journal_article
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...
---
_id: '57028'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Lithium niobate and lithium tantalate are among the most widespread
materials for nonlinear, integrated photonics. Mixed crystals with arbitrary Nb–Ta
ratios provide an additional degree of freedom to not only tune materials properties,
such as the birefringence but also leverage the advantages of the singular compounds,
for example, by combining the thermal stability of lithium tantalate with the
larger nonlinear or piezoelectric constants of lithium niobate. Periodic poling
allows to achieve phase-matching independent of waveguide geometry and is, therefore,
one of the commonly used methods in integrated nonlinear optics. For mixed crystals,
periodic poling has been challenging so far due to the lack of homogeneous, mono-domain
crystals, which severely inhibit domain growth and nucleation. In this work, we
investigate surface-near (<1μm depth) domain inversion on x-cut lithium
niobate tantalate mixed crystals via electric field poling and lithographically
structured electrodes. We find that naturally occurring head-to-head or tail-to-tail
domain walls in the as-grown crystal inhibit domain inversion at a larger scale.
However, periodic poling is possible if the gap size between the poling electrodes
is of the same order of magnitude or smaller than the average size of naturally
occurring domains. This work provides the basis for the nonlinear optical application
of lithium niobate tantalate mixed crystals.
author:
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Bollmers, Laura
id: '61375'
last_name: Bollmers
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Babai-Hemati, Tobias
last_name: Babai-Hemati
- first_name: Boris
full_name: Koppitz, Boris
last_name: Koppitz
- first_name: Christof
full_name: Eigner, Christof
id: '13244'
last_name: Eigner
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-3083
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Padberg, Laura
id: '40300'
last_name: Padberg
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Rüsing, Michael
id: '22501'
last_name: Rüsing
orcid: 0000-0003-4682-4577
- first_name: Lukas M.
full_name: Eng, Lukas M.
last_name: Eng
- first_name: Christine
full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
id: '26263'
last_name: Silberhorn
citation:
ama: Bollmers L, Babai-Hemati T, Koppitz B, et al. Surface-near domain engineering
in multi-domain x-cut lithium niobate tantalate mixed crystals. Applied Physics
Letters. 2024;125(15). doi:10.1063/5.0210972
apa: Bollmers, L., Babai-Hemati, T., Koppitz, B., Eigner, C., Padberg, L., Rüsing,
M., Eng, L. M., & Silberhorn, C. (2024). Surface-near domain engineering in
multi-domain x-cut lithium niobate tantalate mixed crystals. Applied Physics
Letters, 125(15). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0210972
bibtex: '@article{Bollmers_Babai-Hemati_Koppitz_Eigner_Padberg_Rüsing_Eng_Silberhorn_2024,
title={Surface-near domain engineering in multi-domain x-cut lithium niobate tantalate
mixed crystals}, volume={125}, DOI={10.1063/5.0210972},
number={15}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Bollmers,
Laura and Babai-Hemati, Tobias and Koppitz, Boris and Eigner, Christof and Padberg,
Laura and Rüsing, Michael and Eng, Lukas M. and Silberhorn, Christine}, year={2024}
}'
chicago: Bollmers, Laura, Tobias Babai-Hemati, Boris Koppitz, Christof Eigner, Laura
Padberg, Michael Rüsing, Lukas M. Eng, and Christine Silberhorn. “Surface-near
Domain Engineering in Multi-Domain x-Cut Lithium Niobate Tantalate Mixed Crystals.”
Applied Physics Letters 125, no. 15 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0210972.
ieee: 'L. Bollmers et al., “Surface-near domain engineering in multi-domain
x-cut lithium niobate tantalate mixed crystals,” Applied Physics Letters,
vol. 125, no. 15, 2024, doi: 10.1063/5.0210972.'
mla: Bollmers, Laura, et al. “Surface-near Domain Engineering in Multi-Domain x-Cut
Lithium Niobate Tantalate Mixed Crystals.” Applied Physics Letters, vol.
125, no. 15, AIP Publishing, 2024, doi:10.1063/5.0210972.
short: L. Bollmers, T. Babai-Hemati, B. Koppitz, C. Eigner, L. Padberg, M. Rüsing,
L.M. Eng, C. Silberhorn, Applied Physics Letters 125 (2024).
date_created: 2024-11-13T08:06:59Z
date_updated: 2024-11-15T09:15:08Z
department:
- _id: '15'
- _id: '623'
- _id: '230'
- _id: '288'
doi: 10.1063/5.0210972
intvolume: ' 125'
issue: '15'
language:
- iso: eng
project:
- _id: '168'
grant_number: '231447078'
name: 'TRR 142 - B07: TRR 142 - Polaronen-Einfluss auf die optischen Eigenschaften
von Lithiumniobat (B07*)'
publication: Applied Physics Letters
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 0003-6951
- 1077-3118
publication_status: published
publisher: AIP Publishing
status: public
title: Surface-near domain engineering in multi-domain x-cut lithium niobate tantalate
mixed crystals
type: journal_article
user_id: '61375'
volume: 125
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '59259'
author:
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Schwabe, Tobias
id: '39217'
last_name: Schwabe
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Rüsing, Michael
id: '22501'
last_name: Rüsing
orcid: 0000-0003-4682-4577
- first_name: Niels
full_name: Staal, Niels
last_name: Staal
- first_name: Max
full_name: Schwengelbeck, Max
last_name: Schwengelbeck
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Bollmers, Laura
id: '61375'
last_name: Bollmers
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Padberg, Laura
id: '40300'
last_name: Padberg
- first_name: Christof
full_name: Eigner, Christof
id: '13244'
last_name: Eigner
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-3083
- first_name: Christine
full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
id: '26263'
last_name: Silberhorn
- first_name: J. Christoph
full_name: Scheytt, J. Christoph
id: '37144'
last_name: Scheytt
orcid: '0000-0002-5950-6618 '
citation:
ama: Schwabe T, Rüsing M, Staal N, et al. Quantum Photonic Systems in CMOS Compatible
Silicon Nitride Technology . Zenodo; 2024. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15124929
apa: Schwabe, T., Rüsing, M., Staal, N., Schwengelbeck, M., Bollmers, L., Padberg,
L., Eigner, C., Silberhorn, C., & Scheytt, J. C. (2024). Quantum photonic
systems in CMOS compatible silicon nitride technology . Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15124929
bibtex: '@book{Schwabe_Rüsing_Staal_Schwengelbeck_Bollmers_Padberg_Eigner_Silberhorn_Scheytt_2024,
title={Quantum photonic systems in CMOS compatible silicon nitride technology
}, DOI={10.5281/zenodo.15124929},
publisher={Zenodo}, author={Schwabe, Tobias and Rüsing, Michael and Staal, Niels
and Schwengelbeck, Max and Bollmers, Laura and Padberg, Laura and Eigner, Christof
and Silberhorn, Christine and Scheytt, J. Christoph}, year={2024} }'
chicago: Schwabe, Tobias, Michael Rüsing, Niels Staal, Max Schwengelbeck, Laura
Bollmers, Laura Padberg, Christof Eigner, Christine Silberhorn, and J. Christoph
Scheytt. Quantum Photonic Systems in CMOS Compatible Silicon Nitride Technology
. Zenodo, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15124929.
ieee: T. Schwabe et al., Quantum photonic systems in CMOS compatible silicon
nitride technology . Zenodo, 2024.
mla: Schwabe, Tobias, et al. Quantum Photonic Systems in CMOS Compatible Silicon
Nitride Technology . Zenodo, 2024, doi:10.5281/zenodo.15124929.
short: T. Schwabe, M. Rüsing, N. Staal, M. Schwengelbeck, L. Bollmers, L. Padberg,
C. Eigner, C. Silberhorn, J.C. Scheytt, Quantum Photonic Systems in CMOS Compatible
Silicon Nitride Technology , Zenodo, 2024.
date_created: 2025-04-02T11:24:23Z
date_updated: 2025-04-03T12:34:56Z
department:
- _id: '288'
- _id: '15'
- _id: '623'
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15124929
language:
- iso: eng
publisher: Zenodo
status: public
title: 'Quantum photonic systems in CMOS compatible silicon nitride technology '
type: misc
user_id: '22501'
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '45850'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Interference between single photons is key for many quantum optics experiments
and applications in quantum technologies, such as quantum communication or computation.
It is advantageous to operate the systems at telecommunication wavelengths and
to integrate the setups for these applications in order to improve stability,
compactness and scalability. A new promising material platform for integrated
quantum optics is lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI). Here, we realise Hong-Ou-Mandel
(HOM) interference between telecom photons from an engineered parametric down-conversion
source in an LNOI directional coupler. The coupler has been designed and fabricated
in house and provides close to perfect balanced beam splitting. We obtain a raw
HOM visibility of (93.5 ± 0.7) %, limited mainly by the source performance and
in good agreement with off-chip measurements. This lays the foundation for more
sophisticated quantum experiments in LNOI.
article_number: '23140'
author:
- first_name: Silia
full_name: Babel, Silia
id: '63231'
last_name: Babel
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-2580
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Bollmers, Laura
id: '61375'
last_name: Bollmers
- first_name: Marcello
full_name: Massaro, Marcello
id: '59545'
last_name: Massaro
orcid: 0000-0002-2539-7652
- first_name: Kai Hong
full_name: Luo, Kai Hong
id: '36389'
last_name: Luo
orcid: 0000-0003-1008-4976
- first_name: Michael
full_name: Stefszky, Michael
id: '42777'
last_name: Stefszky
- first_name: Federico
full_name: Pegoraro, Federico
id: '88928'
last_name: Pegoraro
- first_name: Philip
full_name: Held, Philip
id: '68236'
last_name: Held
- first_name: Harald
full_name: Herrmann, Harald
id: '216'
last_name: Herrmann
- first_name: Christof
full_name: Eigner, Christof
id: '13244'
last_name: Eigner
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-3083
- first_name: Benjamin
full_name: Brecht, Benjamin
id: '27150'
last_name: Brecht
orcid: '0000-0003-4140-0556 '
- first_name: Laura
full_name: Padberg, Laura
id: '40300'
last_name: Padberg
- first_name: Christine
full_name: Silberhorn, Christine
id: '26263'
last_name: Silberhorn
citation:
ama: Babel S, Bollmers L, Massaro M, et al. Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference
in an LNOI directional coupler. Optics Express. 2023;31(14). doi:10.1364/oe.484126
apa: Babel, S., Bollmers, L., Massaro, M., Luo, K. H., Stefszky, M., Pegoraro, F.,
Held, P., Herrmann, H., Eigner, C., Brecht, B., Padberg, L., & Silberhorn,
C. (2023). Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in an LNOI directional
coupler. Optics Express, 31(14), Article 23140. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.484126
bibtex: '@article{Babel_Bollmers_Massaro_Luo_Stefszky_Pegoraro_Held_Herrmann_Eigner_Brecht_et
al._2023, title={Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in an LNOI directional
coupler}, volume={31}, DOI={10.1364/oe.484126},
number={1423140}, journal={Optics Express}, publisher={Optica Publishing Group},
author={Babel, Silia and Bollmers, Laura and Massaro, Marcello and Luo, Kai Hong
and Stefszky, Michael and Pegoraro, Federico and Held, Philip and Herrmann, Harald
and Eigner, Christof and Brecht, Benjamin and et al.}, year={2023} }'
chicago: Babel, Silia, Laura Bollmers, Marcello Massaro, Kai Hong Luo, Michael Stefszky,
Federico Pegoraro, Philip Held, et al. “Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference
in an LNOI Directional Coupler.” Optics Express 31, no. 14 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.484126.
ieee: 'S. Babel et al., “Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in
an LNOI directional coupler,” Optics Express, vol. 31, no. 14, Art. no.
23140, 2023, doi: 10.1364/oe.484126.'
mla: Babel, Silia, et al. “Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference in an LNOI
Directional Coupler.” Optics Express, vol. 31, no. 14, 23140, Optica Publishing
Group, 2023, doi:10.1364/oe.484126.
short: S. Babel, L. Bollmers, M. Massaro, K.H. Luo, M. Stefszky, F. Pegoraro, P.
Held, H. Herrmann, C. Eigner, B. Brecht, L. Padberg, C. Silberhorn, Optics Express
31 (2023).
date_created: 2023-07-03T14:08:36Z
date_updated: 2023-07-05T07:58:31Z
department:
- _id: '15'
- _id: '230'
- _id: '623'
- _id: '288'
doi: 10.1364/oe.484126
intvolume: ' 31'
issue: '14'
keyword:
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- and Optics
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Optics Express
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 1094-4087
publication_status: published
publisher: Optica Publishing Group
status: public
title: Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in an LNOI directional coupler
type: journal_article
user_id: '63231'
volume: 31
year: '2023'
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