An integrated photonic engine for programmable atomic control

Understand

Solutions for scalable, high-performance optical control are important for the development of scaled atom-based quantum technologies.

• Modulation of many individual optical beams is central to the application of arbitrary gate and control sequences on arrays of atoms or atom-like systems.
• At telecom wavelengths, miniaturization of optical components via photonic integration has pushed the scale and performance of classical and quantum optics far beyond the limitations of bulk devices.
• However, these material platforms for high-speed telecom integrated photonics are not transparent at the short wavelengths required by leading atomic systems.