Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tunable robust topological source of indistinguishable correlated photon pairs
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Application No.: US17326971Application Date: 2021-05-21
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Publication No.: US11340514B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Sunil Mittal , Mohammad Hafezi , Venkata Vikram Orre , Elizabeth Goldschmidt
- Applicant: University of Maryland, College Park
- Applicant Address: US MD College Park
- Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
- Current Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
- Current Assignee Address: US MD College Park
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Agent Yakov Sidorin
- Main IPC: G02F1/35
- IPC: G02F1/35 ; G02F1/365

Abstract:
A topological photonic system configured as a robust source of indistinguishable photons pairs with tunable spectral correlations. The system includes a two-dimensional silicon-photonic ring resonator array configured to implement an anomalous-quantum Hall model that exhibits topologically robust edge states. Linear dispersion of the edge states ensures efficient and robust phase matching and tunability of the spectral bandwidth of photon pairs generated via spontaneous four-wave mixing. Spectral tunability is manifested in the temporal correlations in the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference between photons. The generated photon pairs are energy-time entangled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220075237A1 TUNABLE ROBUST TOPOLOGICAL SOURCE OF INDISTINGUISHABLE CORRELATED PHOTON PAIRS Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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