Indistinguishable photons from an artificial atom in silicon photonics
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Abstract
Silicon is the ideal material for building electronic and photonic circuits at scale. Integrated photonic quantum technologies in silicon offer a promising path to scaling by leveraging advanced semiconductor manufacturing and integration capabilities. However, the lack of deterministic quantum light sources and strong photon-photon interactions in silicon poses a challenge to scalability. In this work, we demonstrate an indistinguishable photon source in silicon photonics based on an artificial atom. We show that a G center in a silicon waveguide can generate high-purity telecom-band single photons. We perform high-resolution spectroscopy and time-delayed two-photon interference to demonstrate the indistinguishability of single photons emitted from a G center in a silicon waveguide. Our results show that artificial atoms in silicon photonics can source single photons suitable for photonic quantum networks and processors. Silicon is a very convenient platform for quantum photonic sources. Here, the authors realise an indistinguishable single-photon source in silicon photonics based on an artificial atom, performing high-resolution spectroscopy and time-delayed two-photon interference to probe the coherence of emitted photons.