Title:
High efficiency coupling components for SiN quantum photonic chips
Agreement Value:
$99,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 1, 2022 - Feb 28, 2025
Description:
The Small Teams project Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits for Quantum Interconnects as a whole aims to develop a chip-based platform by which entangled photons can be generated and distributed between nodes in a quantum network. The emphasis of this particular collaboration, a sub-project of the Small Teams project will be on the development of technology that can deliver photons to external optical networks efficiently and at high rates in a robust package as required for practical implementation. Using nanowire quantum dot sources grown with a scalable site-controlled nucleation process and a transfer technique that allows for the incorporation of an arbitrary number of single emitters on-chip, the project team will develop a fully integrated on-chip platform for the production, manipulation and detection of quantum states of light. This collaborative project between Carleton and NRC will focus on, a fiber-tochip coupling device with primary design targets of high-efficiency, polarizationinsensitive and bandwidth-enhanced operation, as well as a reliable operation at 950 nm and 1550 nm.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1S 5B6
Reference Number:
172-2021-2022-Q4-987804
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
118838937
Recipient's Legal Name:
Carleton University
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa Centre
Federal Riding Number:
35075
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Program Purpose:
The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.