• Acta Optica Sinica (Online)
  • Vol. 1, Issue 1, 0104001 (2024)
Xiaosong Ren1, Yuanbin Fan2, Yanli Shi3, Zhiliang Yuan2..., Yidong Huang1,2,* and Wei Zhang1,2|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • 3School of Physics and Astronomy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan , China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOSOL240436 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xiaosong Ren, Yuanbin Fan, Yanli Shi, Zhiliang Yuan, Yidong Huang, Wei Zhang. Hybrid Integration of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array and Silicon Photonic Chip (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica (Online), 2024, 1(1): 0104001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Based on flip-chip technology, we demonstrate hybrid integration of a 4×1 indium gallium arsenide/indium phosphide (InGaAs/InP) single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array and a silicon photonic chip. When testing two SPADs in the 4×1 SPADs array simultaneously at 10 ℃, we achieve on-chip photon detection efficiency of 5%‒6% under a low bias voltage, with dark count rates of 1.6×10-5 counts/gate and 4.5×10-5 counts/gate, respectively. Increasing the bias voltage, the on-chip photon detection efficiency can be further increased to more than 10%. Furthermore, using the integrated SPAD array and silicon photonic beam splitter, we realize the measurement of Hong‒Ou‒Mandel (HOM) interference for weak coherent states, achieving a HOM interference fringe visibility of 45.0%±1.2%. This demonstrates the effectiveness of hybrid integration of the photon manipulation on the silicon photonic chip and the multi-channel single-photon detection of the integrated SPADs array. The hybrid integration provides a potential solution for achieving scalable photonic quantum information systems.

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    Xiaosong Ren, Yuanbin Fan, Yanli Shi, Zhiliang Yuan, Yidong Huang, Wei Zhang. Hybrid Integration of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array and Silicon Photonic Chip (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica (Online), 2024, 1(1): 0104001
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