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Waveguide‐Integrated Broadband Spectrometer Based on Tailored Disorder
Compact, on-chip spectrometers exploiting tailored disorder for broadband light scattering enable high-resolution signal analysis while maintaining a small device footprint. Due to multiple scattering events of light in the disordered medium, the effective path length of the device is significantly enhanced. Here, on-chip spectrometers are realized for visible and near-infrared wavelengths by combining an efficient broadband fiber-to-chip coupling approach with a scattering area in a broadband transparent silicon nitride waveguiding structure. Air holes etched into a structured silicon nitride slab terminated with multiple waveguides enable multipath light scattering in a diffusive regime. Spectral-to-spatial mapping is performed by determining the transmission matrix at the waveguide outputs, which is then used to reconstruct the probe signals. Direct comparison with theoretical analyses shows that such devices can be used for high-resolution spectroscopy from the visible up to the telecom wavelength regime.DFG
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Controlling all Degrees of Freedom of the Optical Coupling in Hybrid Quantum Photonics
Nanophotonic quantum devices can significantly boost light-matter interaction
which is important for applications such as quantum networks. Reaching a high
interaction strength between an optical transition of a spin system and a
single mode of light is an essential step which demands precise control over
all degrees of freedom of the optical coupling. While current devices have
reached a high accuracy of emitter positioning, the placement process remains
overall statistically, reducing the device fabrication yield. Furthermore, not
all degrees of freedom of the optical coupling can be controlled limiting the
device performance. Here, we develop a hybrid approach based on
negatively-charged silicon-vacancy center in nanodiamonds coupled to a mode of
a SiN-photonic crystal cavity, where all terms of the coupling strength
can be controlled individually. We use the frequency of coherent
Rabi-oscillations and line-broadening as a measure of the device performance.
This allows for iterative optimization of the position and the rotation of the
dipole with respect to individual, preselected modes of light. Therefore, our
work marks an important step for optimization of hybrid quantum photonics and
enables to align device simulations with real device performance.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figure
An electroluminescent and tunable cavity-enhanced carbon-nanotube-emitter in the telecom band
Emerging photonic information processing systems require chip-level integration of controllable nanoscale light sources at telecommunication wavelengths. Currently, substantial challenges remain in the dynamic control of the sources, the low-loss integration into a photonic environment, and in the site-selective placement at desired positions on a chip. Here, we overcome these challenges using heterogeneous integration of electroluminescent (EL), semiconducting carbon nanotubes (sCNTs) into hybrid two dimensional – three dimensional (2D-3D) photonic circuits. We demonstrate enhanced spectral line shaping of the EL sCNT emission. By back-gating the sCNT-nanoemitter we achieve full electrical dynamic control of the EL sCNT emission with high on-off ratio and strong enhancement in the telecommunication band. Using nanographene as a low-loss material to electrically contact sCNT emitters directly within a photonic crystal cavity enables highly efficient EL coupling without compromising the optical quality of the cavity. Our versatile approach paves the way for controllable integrated photonic circuits
Parallel convolution processing using an integrated photonic tensor core
With the proliferation of ultra-high-speed mobile networks and
internet-connected devices, along with the rise of artificial intelligence, the
world is generating exponentially increasing amounts of data - data that needs
to be processed in a fast, efficient and smart way. These developments are
pushing the limits of existing computing paradigms, and highly parallelized,
fast and scalable hardware concepts are becoming progressively more important.
Here, we demonstrate a computational specific integrated photonic tensor core -
the optical analog of an ASIC-capable of operating at Tera-Multiply-Accumulate
per second (TMAC/s) speeds. The photonic core achieves parallelized photonic
in-memory computing using phase-change memory arrays and photonic chip-based
optical frequency combs (soliton microcombs). The computation is reduced to
measuring the optical transmission of reconfigurable and non-resonant passive
components and can operate at a bandwidth exceeding 14 GHz, limited only by the
speed of the modulators and photodetectors. Given recent advances in hybrid
integration of soliton microcombs at microwave line rates, ultra-low loss
silicon nitride waveguides, and high speed on-chip detectors and modulators,
our approach provides a path towards full CMOS wafer-scale integration of the
photonic tensor core. While we focus on convolution processing, more generally
our results indicate the major potential of integrated photonics for parallel,
fast, and efficient computational hardware in demanding AI applications such as
autonomous driving, live video processing, and next generation cloud computing
services
Ultrafast quantum key distribution using fully parallelized quantum channels
The field of quantum information processing offers secure communication
protected by the laws of quantum mechanics and is on the verge of finding wider
application for information transfer of sensitive data. To overcome the
obstacle of inadequate cost-efficiency, extensive research is being done on the
many components required for high data throughput using quantum key
distribution (QKD). Aiming for an application-oriented solution, we report on
the realization of a multichannel QKD system for plug-and-play high-bandwidth
secure communication at telecom wavelength. For this purpose, a rack-sized
multichannel superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) system, as
well as a highly parallelized time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC)
unit have been developed and linked to an FPGA-controlled QKD evaluation setup
allowing for continuous operation and achieving high secret key rates using a
coherent-one-way protocol.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figure
Detector-integrated on-chip QKD receiver for GHz clock rates
Abstract Quantum key distribution (QKD) can greatly benefit from photonic integration, which enables implementing low-loss, alignment-free, and scalable photonic circuitry. At the same time, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD) are an ideal detector technology for QKD due to their high efficiency, low dark-count rate, and low jitter. We present a QKD receiver chip featuring the full photonic circuitry needed for different time-based protocols, including single-photon detectors. By utilizing waveguide-integrated SNSPDs we achieve low dead times together with low dark-count rates and demonstrate a QKD experiment at 2.6 GHz clock rate, yielding secret-key rates of 2.5 Mbit/s for low channel attenuations of 2.5 dB without detector saturation. Due to the broadband 3D polymer couplers the reciver chip can be operated at a wide wavelength range in the telecom band, thus paving the way for highly parallelized wavelength-division multiplexing implementations
Efficacy of a semirigid ankle brace in reducing mechanical ankle instability evaluated by 3D stress-MRI
Background!#!Novel imaging technologies like 3D stress-MRI of the ankle allow a quantification of the mechanical instability contributing to chronic ankle instability. In the present study, we have tested the efficacy of a semirigid ankle brace on joint congruency in a plantarflexion/supination position with and without load.!##!Methods!#!In this controlled observational study of n = 25 patients suffering from mechanical ankle instability, a custom-built ankle arthrometer implementing a novel 3D-stress MRI technique was used to evaluate the stabilizing effect of an ankle brace. Three parameters of joint congruency (i.e., 3D cartilage contact area fibulotalar, tibiotalar horizontal and tibiotalar vertical) were measured. The loss of cartilage contact area from neutral position to a position combined of 40° of plantarflexion and 30° of supination without and with axial load of 200 N was calculated. A semirigid ankle brace was applied in plantarflexion/supination to evaluate its effect on joint congruence. Furthermore, the perceived stability of the brace during a hopping task was analyzed using visual analogue scale (VAS).!##!Results!#!The application of a semirigid brace led to an increase in cartilage contact area (CCA) when the foot was placed in plantarflexion and supination. This effect was visible for all three compartments of the upper ankle joint (P < 0.001; η!##!Conclusions!#!The stabilizing effect of the semirigid ankle brace can be verified using 3D stress-MRI. Providing better joint congruency with an ankle brace may reduce peak loads at certain areas of the talus, which possibly cause osteochondral or degenerative lesions. However, the perceived stability provided by the brace does not seem to reflect into the mechanical effect of the brace. Trial registration The study protocol was prospectively registered at the German Clinical Trials Register (#DRKS00016356)
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Waveguide-Integrated Broadband Spectrometer Based on Tailored Disorder
Compact, on-chip spectrometers exploiting tailored disorder for broadband light scattering enable high-resolution signal analysis while maintaining a small device footprint. Due to multiple scattering events of light in the disordered medium, the effective path length of the device is significantly enhanced. Here, on-chip spectrometers are realized for visible and near-infrared wavelengths by combining an efficient broadband fiber-to-chip coupling approach with a scattering area in a broadband transparent silicon nitride waveguiding structure. Air holes etched into a structured silicon nitride slab terminated with multiple waveguides enable multipath light scattering in a diffusive regime. Spectral-to-spatial mapping is performed by determining the transmission matrix at the waveguide outputs, which is then used to reconstruct the probe signals. Direct comparison with theoretical analyses shows that such devices can be used for high-resolution spectroscopy from the visible up to the telecom wavelength regime. © 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinhei