Towards integrated quantum photonic circuits on GaAs

Integrated quantum photonic circuits are promising for an on-chip realization of a quantum advantage. It is desirable to develop a platform which allows dense integration of functionalities, which includes sources, photon processing units and detectors on the single photon level. Among the different material platforms currently being investigated, direct-bandgap semiconductors and particularly gallium arsenide offer the widest range of functionalities, including single and entangled-photon generation by radiative recombination, low-loss routing, electro-optic modulation, and single-photon detection. We summarize the potential and current status in the field of quantum integrated photonic components and circuits based on the GaAs technology platform.

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