Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are expected to play a significant role in the ongoing second quantum revolution, thanks to their stability and scalability. Still, major upgrades are needed for available PIC platforms to meet the demanding requirements of quantum devices. We present a review of our recent progress in upgrading an unconventional silicon photonics platform toward this goal, including ultralow propagation losses, low-fiber coupling losses, integration of superconducting elements, Faraday rotators, fast and efficient detectors, and phase modulators with low-loss and/or low-energy consumption. We show the relevance of our developments and our vision in the main applications of quantum key distribution, to achieve significantly higher key rates and large-scale deployment; and cryogenic quantum computers, to replace electrical connections to the cryostat with optical fibers.
VTT micron-scale silicon photonics platform can play a significant role in the second quantum revolution, supporting not only quantum photonics but also solid-state quantum systems. Quantum photonics can benefit from the unique properties of the platform, a distinctive example application being quantum key distribution, where we are developing receivers to support its large-scale deployment. On the other hand, we are using our photonic integration technology also to aid scaling-up superconducting quantum computers, by controlling and reading the qubits in the cryostat through classical optical links. I will cover all these developments showing our recent results, ongoing activities, and future plans.
All envisaged practical implementations of cryogenic processors, including quantum computers and classical processors based on single flux quantum (SFQ) signals, require massive data transfer from and to classical high performance computers (HPCs). Cryogenic computing has recently become a very hot topic, including superconducting quantum computers (QCs), and classical processors based on single flux quantum (SFQ) signals. All envisaged practical implementations of cryogenic processors require massive data transfer from and to classical HPCs. The project aCryComm aims to develop building blocks for cryogenic photonics interconnects and eventually enable this challenging data transfer. The long-term goal is the development of an open-access platform to integrate classical optical interfaces based on low-loss silicon photonics, plasmonics, and nano light sources together with superconducting photonic and electronic devices, including SFQ-based co-processors for HPCs and for QCs.
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