RAISE-EQuIP: Single-Chip, Wall-Plug Photon Pair Source and CMOS Quantum Systems on Chip

RAISE-EQuIP：单芯片、壁插式光子对源和 CMOS 量子片上系统

• 批准号: 1842692
• 负责人: Milos Popovic
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1842692&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAISE; EQuIP; Single; Chip; Wall

The amount of new data generated by humanity in the past year exceeds that created in all of human history before. The processing demands of this data are driving the continued need for greater computational power, in domains including big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality, serving technologies including personal, medical, research, engineering, finance, and weather prediction. As "Moore's Law" of the semiconductor industry - which has guaranteed continued advance of computing power in the last 50 years - has ground to a halt in the past decade, new computational paradigms are being sought to remedy this dire situation. Quantum information technology is the new and ultimate frontier for signal processing and computing and leverages the unintuitive laws of our universe that hold on small scales. 50-100 qubit processors have been developed by Intel, IBM and Google, but quantum optical networks, needed to network them into "quantum data centers" in a way similar to their conventional analogues, are missing. This project aims to fill that gap by developing a new electronic-photonic chip technology and framework to allow creation of electronic-photonic quantum systems-on-chip (epQSoCs). epQSoCs combine light, electronic circuits, and quantum functions on a single microchip that can provide a widely deployable technology platform for quantum networks. The project will combine interdisciplinary expertise in photonics, electronic systems, and quantum communications to demonstrate the first epQSoC. A single-chip, "wall-plug" source of quantum correlated photon pairs, this epQSoC is a fundamental building block for more complex epQSoCs and for quantum networks. By integrating several components and novel capabilities never previously integrated in a single chip, this source will provide new levels of photon-pair source performance. The interdisciplinary project team will also educate a new generation of engineers in this emerging new technology area to foster innovation, excellence and global leadership in the United States.A "wall plug" single-chip source of photon pairs, a fundamental building block of most quantum photonic systems, will be demonstrated having a high efficiency, rate and reconfigurability to produce factorizable quantum states and allow heralding of pure single photons. No such integrated device exists despite the fact that a rack-mounted fiber-nonlinearity-based source of this kind for lab use has been commercialized for almost a decade. The proposed project aims to change the quantum technology landscape with the demonstration of a fully integrated single-chip quantum pair source system. The chip photonic circuit will contain photonic elements for pre- and post-source linear pump filtering, a resonant nonlinear pair generator, pump pulse carver to allow active matching of the pump pulse length to the source's resonant bandwidth in order to control the produced photons joint spectral intensity (to yield a factorizable or other engineered biphoton states), and an ultra-low loss interface to fiber. The proposed approach addresses a number of challenges that arise in integration, on-chip filtering, and real-time control. In addition to standalone operation, the pair source will be the first implementation of an electronic-photonic quantum system-on-chip (epQSoC) and a key building block for more complex integrated quantum systems. The proposed epQSoCs will be implemented in a commercial 45nm CMOS electronic-photonic platform (with potential for integrating single-photon detectors on chip as well). The project will create the technology framework (block libraries, tools, models and design methodologies) for low-cost, rapid innovation and design of sophisticated epQSoCs. This framework, along with associated educational materials and experiences will help create a new crop of engineers that are capable of tackling the complex, multidisciplinary nature of quantum information systems. Educational and outreach activities will provide exposure and training to a new generation of students and future leaders in this field, with special focus on underrepresented students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

过去一年，人类产生的新数据量超过了人类历史上创造的数据量。 这些数据的处理需求正在推动大数据分析、人工智能和增强现实等领域对更大计算能力的持续需求，服务于个人、医疗、研究、工程、金融和天气预报等技术。 由于半导体行业的“摩尔定律”（保证了过去 50 年计算能力的持续进步）在过去十年中陷入停滞，人们正在寻求新的计算范式来纠正这种可怕的情况。 量子信息技术是信号处理和计算的新的终极前沿，它利用了小尺度宇宙中不直观的法则。 英特尔、IBM 和谷歌已经开发了 50-100 个量子位处理器，但是缺少以类似于传统类似物的方式将它们联网到“量子数据中心”的量子光网络。 该项目旨在通过开发新的电子光子芯片技术和框架来填补这一空白，以创建电子光子量子片上系统（epQSoC）。 epQSoC 将光、电子电路和量子功能结合在单个微芯片上，可以为量子网络提供可广泛部署的技术平台。 该项目将结合光子学、电子系统和量子通信方面的跨学科专业知识，展示首款 epQSoC。 该 epQSoC 是量子相关光子对的单芯片“插墙式”源，是更复​​杂的 epQSoC 和量子网络的基本构建模块。 通过集成多个组件和以前从未集成在单个芯片中的新颖功能，该源将提供新水平的光子对源性能。 跨学科项目团队还将在这一新兴技术领域培养新一代工程师，以促进美国的创新、卓越和全球领导地位。 光子对的“墙壁插头”单芯片源，是大多数技术的基本构建模块量子光子系统将被证明具有高效率、高速率和可重构性，可产生可分解的量子态并允许纯单光子的出现。 尽管这种用于实验室的基于机架安装的光纤非线性源已经商业化了近十年，但还不存在这样的集成设备。该项目旨在通过展示完全集成的单芯片量子对源系统来改变量子技术格局。芯片光子电路将包含用于源前和后线性泵浦滤波的光子元件、谐振非线性对发生器、泵浦脉冲雕刻器，以允许泵浦脉冲长度与源谐振带宽主动匹配，以控制产生的光子接头光谱强度（以产生可分解或其他工程双光子状态），以及与光纤的超低损耗接口。所提出的方法解决了集成、片上滤波和实时控制中出现的许多挑战。除了独立运行之外，该对源还将首次实现电子-光子量子片上系统（epQSoC），并且是更复杂的集成量子系统的关键构建模块。 拟议的 epQSoC 将在商用 45nm CMOS 电子光子平台中实现（也有可能在芯片上集成单光子探测器）。该项目将创建技术框架（模块库、工具、模型和设计方法），以实现复杂 epQSoC 的低成本、快速创新和设计。该框架以及相关的教育材料和经验将有助于培养一批新的工程师，他们能够处理量子信息系统的复杂、多学科性质。教育和推广活动将为该领域的新一代学生和未来领导者提供接触和培训，特别关注代表性不足的学生。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和能力进行评估，被认为值得支持。更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

Quantum-Correlated Photon-Pair Source with Integrated Feedback Control in 45 nm CMOS

45 nm CMOS 中具有集成反馈控制的量子相关光子对源

• DOI: 10.1109/esscirc55480.2022.9911513
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ESSCIRC 2022- IEEE 48th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC
• 作者: Kramnik, D.;Wang, I.;Fargas Cabanillas, J. M.;Ramesh, A.;Buchbinder, S.;Zarkos, P.;Adamopoulos, C.;Kumar, P.;Popovic, M. A.;Stojanovic, V.
• 通讯作者: Stojanovic, V.

Efficient, Narrow Profile Waveguide Crossings Based on Rapid Adiabatic Coupling

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2020.sm4j.4
• 发表时间: 2020-05
• 期刊: 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
• 作者: J. Cabanillas;Bohan Zhang;M. Popović

Fast-Tuning Adiabatic Microrings for CROW Filters and Athermal WDM Receivers in a 45 nm SOI CMOS Process

用于采用 45 nm SOI CMOS 工艺的 CROW 滤波器和无热 WDM 接收器的快速调谐绝热微环

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sf4m.2
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
• 作者: Kramnik, Danielius;Fargas Cabanillas, Josep M.;Gluhović, Ðorđe;Buchbinder, Sidney;Popović, Miloš A.;Stojanović, Vladimir
• 通讯作者: Stojanović, Vladimir

Electronic-photonic quantum systems on-chip

片上电子光子量子系统

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition
• 作者: I. Wang, A. Ramesh

Toward quantum electronic-photonic systems-on-chip: a monolithic source of quantum-correlated photons with integrated frequency locking electronics and pump rejection

迈向量子电子光子片上系统：具有集成锁频电子和泵浦抑制的单片量子相关光子源

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sm3n.2
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
• 作者: Wang, I.;Cabanillas, J.M. Fargas;Kramnik, D.;Ramesh, A.;Buchbinder, S.;Kumar, P.;Stojanović, V.;Popović, M.A.
• 通讯作者: Popović, M.A.