| Authors: | L. Elsinger, R. Gourgues, I. E. Zadeh, J. Maes, A. Guardiani, G. Bulgarini, S. F. Pereira, S. N. Dorenbos, V. Zwiller, Z. Hens, D. Van Thourhout | | Title: | Integration of Colloidal PbS/CdS Quantum Dots with Plasmonic Antennas and Superconducting Detectors on a Silicon Nitride Photonic Platform | | Format: | International Journal | | Publication date: | 7/2019 | | Journal/Conference/Book: | Nano Letters
| | Editor/Publisher: | American Chemical Society, | | Volume(Issue): | 19(8) p.5452-5458 | | DOI: | 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01948 | | Citations: | 28 (Dimensions.ai - last update: 14/4/2024)
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Abstract
Single-photon sources and detectors are indispensable building blocks for integrated quantum photonics, a research field that is seeing ever increasing interest for numerous applications. In this work, we implemented essential components for a quantum key distribution transceiver on a single photonic chip. Plasmonic antennas on top of silicon nitride waveguides provide Purcell enhancement with a concurrent increase of the count rate, speeding up the microsecond radiative lifetime of IR-emitting colloidal PbS/CdS quantum dots (QDs). The use of low-fluorescence silicon nitride, with a waveguide loss smaller than 1 dB/cm, made it possible to implement high extinction ratio optical filters and low insertion loss spectrometers. Waveguide-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors allow for low time-jitter single-photon detection. To showcase the performance of the components, we demonstrate on-chip lifetime spectroscopy of PbS/CdS QDs. The method developed in this paper is predicted to scale down to single QDs, and newly developed emitters can be readily integrated on the chip-based platform. Related Research Topics
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