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    An integrated cryogenic optical modulator

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    Integrated electrical and photonic circuits (PIC) operating at cryogenic temperatures are fundamental building blocks required to achieve scalable quantum computing, and cryogenic computing technologies. Optical interconnects offer better performance and thermal insulation than electrical wires and are imperative for true quantum communication. Silicon PICs have matured for room temperature applications but their cryogenic performance is limited by the absence of efficient low temperature electro-optic (EO) modulation. While detectors and lasers perform better at low temperature, cryogenic optical switching remains an unsolved challenge. Here we demonstrate EO switching and modulation from room temperature down to 4 K by using the Pockels effect in integrated barium titanate (BaTiO3)-based devices. We report the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of BaTiO3 in a temperature range which has previously not been explored, showing an effective Pockels coefficient of 200 pm/V at 4 K. We demonstrate the largest EO bandwidth (30 GHz) of any cryogenic switch to date, ultra-low-power tuning which is 10^9 times more efficient than thermal tuning, and high-speed data modulation at 20 Gbps. Our results demonstrate a missing component for cryogenic PICs. It removes major roadblocks for the realisation of novel cryogenic-compatible systems in the field of quantum computing and supercomputing, and for interfacing those systems with the real world at room-temperature

    An谩lisis de los espectros de absorci贸n de las pel铆culas radiocr贸micas EBT2 y EBT3

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    Objetivo: Analizar los espectros de absorci贸n neta de las pel铆culas radiocr贸micas EBT2 y EBT3 para describir su influencia en el comportamiento de las curvas de dosis-respuesta. Metodolog铆a: Las pel铆culas se irradiaron en un acelerador lineal de 6 MV. La obtenci贸n de los espectros de absorci贸n neta se realiz贸 con espectrofot贸metro UV/VIS. Las curvas de dosis-respuesta se obtuvieron con un esc谩ner, un l谩ser He-Ne y un espectrofot贸metro. Resultados: El espectro de absorci贸n de las EBT2 muestra tres bandas de absorci贸n centradas que conservan la posici贸n y aumentan su intensidad en funci贸n de la dosis, sin embargo, este comportamiento no se observa en las pel铆culas EBT3. La curva dosis-respuesta muestra la m谩xima sensibilidad utilizando el espectrofot贸metro, pero no muestra un comportamiento definido. Implicaciones: Generaci贸n de nuevos conocimientos para la creaci贸n de nuevos sistemas 贸pticos capaces de amplificar la sensibilidad de la respuesta de las pel铆culas. Originalidad: Mostrar la correlaci贸n entre los espectros de absorci贸n neta y su influencia en las curvas dosis-respuesta en tres diferentes sistemas 贸pticos. Conclusiones: El comportamiento de los espectros de absorci贸n aunado al comportamiento de las curvas dosis-respuesta nos ayuda a descartar el uso de sistemas 贸pticos que no garanticen un uso cl铆nico confiable

    Integrated optical modulator at Cryogenic Temperatures

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    This data set contains pre-processed measurements acquired on optical modulators at different temperatures. The data was used as part of a collaboration between IBM and the University of Bristol. Analysis on the data show a high electro-optic coefficient and >20GHz modulation speeds at cryogenic temperature
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