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Title: Stark Tuning and Resonant Excitation of Hybrid Integrated Telecom Single-Photon Sources
We introduce hybrid integrated telecom single-photon sources on a commercial foundry multilayer silicon photonic chip. We show above-band and resonant waveguide-coupled single-photon emission tunable via the DC Stark shift.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1747426
PAR ID:
10479849
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optica Publishing Group
Date Published:
ISBN:
978-1-957171-25-8
Page Range / eLocation ID:
FTu3C.7
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
San Jose, CA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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