AVS 66th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Materials and Processes for Quantum Information, Computing and Science Focus Topic Wednesday Sessions
       Session QS+2D+EM+MN+NS+VT-WeM

Paper QS+2D+EM+MN+NS+VT-WeM12
Rare Earth Silicon Photonics Engineering for Quantum Applications

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 11:40 am, Room B231-232

Session: Material Systems and Applications for Quantum Sciences
Presenter: Arindam Nandi, Purdue University
Authors: A. Nandi, Purdue University
X. Jiang, Purdue University
D. Pak, Purdue University
D.N. Perry, Sandia National Laboratories
E.S. Bielejec, Sandia National Laboratories
Y. Xuan, Purdue University
M. Hosseini, Purdue University
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Controlling intermodal coupling between multiple excitations within a photonic material may enable the design of novel quantum photonic metamaterials exhibiting anomalous effects. Understanding the complex mode dynamics towards the engineering of system Hamiltonian has been the subject of intensive research in recent years. Here, we design an atomic lattice composed of nearly 1000 rare earth ion segments deterministically engineered in silicon photonic structures to modify the emission properties of erbium in silicon. We observe anomalous photon emission at the telecommunication wavelength from atoms geometrically arranged to reduce the propagation loss. Moreover, we map asymmetric emission lineshapes led by intermodal Fano-type interference of the atomic and photonic resonance modes. Our observation paves the way for designing active metamaterials and novel topological photonics with engineered linear and nonlinear interactions for broad applications in quantum information. Moreover, I will result for direct integration of rare earth crystals with silicon photonic chip for implementation of quantum optical memories. The approach can impact the fields of quantum communication and computation through, for example, developing superradiant single photon sources, the study of non-equilibrium many-body quantum dynamics, and engineering quantum transport in a scalable solid-state platform.