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.

过去一年中人类产生的新数据的数量超过了以前所有人类历史上创造的。 这些数据的处理需求正在推动对更大的计算能力的持续需求，包括大数据分析，人工智能和增强现实，服务于个人，医学，研究，工程，金融和天气预测，包括技术。 由于过去50年来，半导体行业的“摩尔定律”（保证了计算能力的持续提高）在过去十年中一直停止，因此正在寻求新的计算范式来解决这种可怕的情况。 量子信息技术是信号处理和计算的新的终极边界，并利用了我们宇宙不直接的规律，这些定律在小规模上。 Intel，IBM和Google已经开发了50-100个Qubit处理器，但是量子光学网络需要以类似于其常规类似物的方式将其联网到“量子数据中心”中。 该项目旨在通过开发一种新的电子光芯片技术和框架来填补这一空白，以允许创建电子芯片上的电子量子系统（EPQSOCS）。 EPQSOC在单个微芯片上结合了光，电子电路和量子功能，该功能可以为量子网络提供广泛可部署的技术平台。 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，以演示第一个EPQSOC。 该EPQSOC是量子相关光子对的单芯片，“壁插头”来源，是更复​​杂的EPQSOC和量子网络的基本构建块。 通过整合几个组件和新型功能以前从未在单个芯片中集成，该来源将提供新的光子对源性能的水平。 跨学科项目团队还将教育这个新兴的新技术领域的新一代工程师，以促进美国的创新，卓越和全球领导力。“墙壁插头”光子对的单芯片源是大多数量子光子系统的基本构建块，它将证明具有高效，速率和校对能力，并允许量化量子量，并允许纯粹的量化量。 尽管事实是，基于机架的纤维 - 非线性来源供实验室使用商业化已有近十年的商业化，但没有这种集成的设备。拟议的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。芯片光电电路将包含用于源前和后源线性泵滤波的光子元件，一种谐振剂非线性发电机，泵脉冲罐，以使泵脉冲长度与源的谐振剂带宽进行主动匹配，以控制产生的光子光子的关节频谱强度（可产生可分解的或其他工程的Biphoton Statine）和其他互动式触发效率。所提出的方法解决了集成，芯片过滤和实时控制中出现的许多挑战。除了独立操作外，该对源还将是电子量子量子系统对芯片（EPQSOC）的首次实现，也是更复杂的集成量子系统的关键构建块。 拟议的EPQSOC将在45NM CMOS电子光通式平台中实施（还具有在芯片上集成单光子探测器的潜力）。该项目将创建技术框架（块库，工具，模型和设计方法），用于低成本，快速创新和精致EPQSOCS的设计。该框架以及相关的教育材料和经验将有助于创建新的工程师，这些工程师能够应对量子信息系统的复杂，多学科的性质。教育和外展活动将为新一代学生和该领域的未来领导者提供曝光和培训，特别关注代表性不足的学生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子评估来支持的，并具有更广泛的影响。

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.