J.M. Bopp^a,b, M. Plock^c, T. Turan^a, G. Pieplow^a, S. Burger^c,d, and T. Schröder^a,b

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Adv. Optical Mater., vol. 12, no. 13, pp. 2301286, doi:10.1002/adom.202301286 (2024).

Abstract:

Photon loss is one of the key challenges to overcome in complex photonic quantum applications. Photon collection efficiencies directly impact the amount of resources required for measurement-based quantum computation and communication networks. Promising resources include solid-state quantum light sources. However, efficiently coupling light from a single quantum emitter to a guided mode remains demanding. In this work, photon losses are eliminated by maximizing coupling efficiencies in an emitter-to-fiber interface. A waveguide-integrated ‘Sawfish’ photonic crystal cavity is developed and finite element (FEM) simulations are employed to demonstrate that such an emitter-to-fiber interface transfers, with 97.4 % efficiency, the zero-phonon line (ZPL) emission of a negatively-charged tin vacancy center in diamond (SnV⁻) adiabatically to a single-mode fiber. A surrogate model trained by machine learning provides quantitative estimates of sensitivities to fabrication tolerances. The corrugation-based Sawfish design proves robust under state-of-the-art nanofabrication parameters, maintaining an emitter-to-fiber coupling efficiency of 88.6 %. Applying the Sawfish cavity to a recent one-way quantum repeater protocol substantiates its potential in reducing resource requirements in quantum communication.

Keywords:

adiabatic coupling, Debye-Waller factor, diamond color center, photonic crystal cavity, photonic losses, Purcell enhancement, Sawfish cavity

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