Programmable dispersion on a photonic integrated circuit for classical and quantum applications

We demonstrate a large-scale tunable-coupling ring resonator array, suitable for high-dimensional classical and quantum transforms, in a CMOS-compatible silicon photonics platform. The device consists of a waveguide coupled to 15 ring-based dispersive elements with programmable linewidths and resonance frequencies. The ability to control both quality factor and frequency of each ring provides an unprecedented 30 degrees of freedom in dispersion control on a single spatial channel. This programmable dispersion control system has a range of applications, including mode-locked lasers, quantum key distribution, and photon-pair generation. We also propose a novel application enabled by this circuit – high-speed quantum communications using temporal-mode-based quantum data locking – and discuss the utility of the system for performing the high-dimensional unitary optical transformations necessary for a quantum data locking demonstration. c © 2017 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (130.2035) Dispersion compensation devices; (270.5565) Quantum

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