Ultrafast second-order nonlinear photonics—from classical physics to non-Gaussian quantum dynamics: a tutorial

M Jankowski, R Yanagimoto, E Ng… - Advances in Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Photonic integrated circuits with second-order (χ (2)) nonlinearities are rapidly scaling to
remarkably low powers. At this time, state-of-the-art devices achieve saturated nonlinear …

Dispersion-engineered nanophotonics: a flexible tool for nonclassical light

M Jankowski, J Mishra, MM Fejer - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews recent progress in quasi-phasematched $\chi^{(2)} $ nonlinear
nanophotonics, with a particular focus on dispersion-engineered nonlinear interactions …

Broadband high-Q multimode silicon concentric racetrack resonators for widely tunable Raman lasers

Y Zhang, K Zhong, X Zhou, HK Tsang - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Multimode silicon resonators with ultralow propagation losses for ultrahigh quality (Q) factors
have been attracting attention recently. However, conventional multimode silicon resonators …

Thirty years in silicon photonics: a personal view

L Pavesi - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Silicon Photonics, the technology where optical devices are fabricated by the mainstream
microelectronic processing technology, was proposed almost 30 years ago. I joined this …

Engineering a Kerr-based deterministic cubic phase gate via Gaussian operations

R Yanagimoto, T Onodera, E Ng, LG Wright… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We propose a deterministic, measurement-free implementation of a cubic phase gate for
continuous-variable quantum information processing. In our scheme, the applications of …

Photo-induced cascaded harmonic and comb generation in silicon nitride microresonators

J Hu, E Nitiss, J He, J Liu, O Yakar, W Weng… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Silicon nitride (Si3N4) is an ever-maturing integrated platform for nonlinear optics but mostly
considered for third-order [χ (3)] nonlinear interactions. Recently, second-order [χ (2)] …

Semi-device-independent quantum random number generator with a broadband squeezed state of light

J Cheng, S Liang, J Qin, J Li, Z Yan, X Jia, C Xie… - npj Quantum …, 2024 - nature.com
Random numbers are a basic ingredient of simulation algorithms and cryptography, and
play a significant part in computer simulation and information processing. One prominent …

General framework for ultrafast nonlinear photonics: unifying single and multi-envelope treatments

CR Phillips, M Jankowski, N Flemens, MM Fejer - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Numerical modeling of ultrashort pulse propagation is important for designing and
understanding the underlying dynamical processes in devices that take advantage of highly …

On-chip detector based on supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide waveguide

H Shang, D Sun, M Zhang, J Song, Z Yang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present the design, preparation, and performance optimization of strip waveguide in
chalcogenide glass (ChG) for broadband supercontinuum (SC) generation. Ternary Ge-Sb …

Supercontinuum generation assisted by wave trapping in dispersion-managed integrated silicon waveguides

J Wei, C Ciret, M Billet, F Leo, B Kuyken, SP Gorza - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
Compact chip-scale comb sources are of significant interest for many practical applications.
Here, we experimentally study the generation of supercontinuum (SC) in an axially varying …