[labnetwork] Laser Integration, Quantum Silicon Photonics, edX Introduction to Silicon Photonics

Thu Nov 3 20:22:19 EDT 2022

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Subject: 	Laser Integration, Quantum Silicon Photonics, edX Introduction 
to Silicon Photonics
Date: 	Fri, 4 Nov 2022 00:13:52 +0000
From: 	Lukas Chrostowski - SiEPIC silicon photonics program 
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To: 	Mario <beaudoin at physics.ubc.ca>

Laser Integration, Quantum Silicon Photonics, edX Introduction to 
Silicon Photonics
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News and updates from the Silicon Electronic-Photonic Integrated 
Circuits (Si-EPIC) Program 
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  Workshop on Laser Integration (Online)

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Silicon photonic integrated circuits have allowed for incredible 
advances in a number of fields, in part due to the manufacturability of 
CMOS compatible processes. However, silicon is a poor light emitter, and 
the integration of compound semiconductor lasers with silicon photonics 
remains a common challenge.
We are excited to announce the upcoming _SiEPICfab-ePIXfab Workshop on 
Laser Integration in Silicon Photonics_ 
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brings together experts in various fields to discuss the most promising 
approaches of laser integration and the applications that will be 
enabled by this capability.

  * Dates: November 21, 2022 to November 24, 2022: 8AM to 10AM Pacific /
    11AM to 1PM Eastern / 5PM to 7PM CET
  * Format: Virtual on Zoom
  * Registration and information:
    https://epixfab.eu/trainings/upcoming-trainings/lilm2022/
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  NSERC CREATE BC – CMC Quantum Silicon Photonics Workshop (in person)

Quantum computing has the potential to solve problems beyond the 
capabilities of conventional supercomputers. It could revolutionize the 
advancement of several fields, including biochemistry, finance, 
logistics, and artificial intelligence. Two photonic quantum computers 
have reached the milestone of quantum advantage (Jian-Wei Pan’s group at 
the University of Science and Technology of China, and Xanadu in 
Toronto, Canada). Building a quantum computer using integrated silicon 
photonics provides the advantage of a scalable platform based on silicon 
manufacturing.

The NSERC CREATE Quantum BC program 
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and CMC Microsystems 
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bring to you a workshop on the design, fabrication, and testing of 
quantum silicon photonic circuits used in quantum computer hardware. We 
invite you to join the workshop taking place in person at The University 
of British Columbia from February 20 to 24, 2023.

The workshop will teach participants how to design, simulate, fabricate, 
and test their own quantum silicon photonic circuits. Students will gain 
an understanding of the fundamentals of quantum optics and how photonics 
can be used for quantum computing, and about the types of problems that 
can be solved on photonic-based processors, particularly with Xanadu’s 
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cloud-accessed quantum processor. During the workshop, students will 
practice creating a design and layout of a quantum silicon photonic 
circuit. Students will brainstorm and pitch their circuit idea to 
researchers at leading universities and industry. After the workshop, 
students will have several months to complete their design, and submit 
their circuits for fabrication by a foundry (Applied Nanotools 
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facilitated by CMC. Participants will test their chips using equipment 
at their own university, or by their own arrangements such as via a 
collaboration with the workshop instructors and/or visits with their 
facilities.

The focus of the workshop is on devices and circuits that can be 
fabricated in the chosen silicon photonics processes.  The processes are 
based on silicon wafers with a choice of either Si or SiN waveguides 
surrounded by silicon oxide cladding (SiNOI or SOI), metal heaters for 
phase shifters, and a deep trench etch for edge coupling or photonic 
wire bond packaging to optical fibres.

Topics:

  * Introduction to quantum silicon photonics, quantum optics theory,
    and non-linear optics
  * Introduction to quantum optical computing
  * Introduction to silicon photonic components
  * Photonic devices including waveguides using Si and SiN, single
    photon and photon pair sources, squeezed state generation, single
    photon detectors, interferometers, phase tuning elements, cavities
    and cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED)
  * Quantum gate circuits: Non-Linear Sign, CNOT, Squeezed State
  * Photonic quantum circuit algorithms
  * Circuit simulation using Xanadu’s Strawberry Fields and
    Ansys/Lumerical Quantum INTERCONNECT
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  * Quantum photonics fabrication processes
  * Physical implementation of quantum photonic devices
  * Process design kit
  * Layout creation using KLayout and SiEPIC-Tools
  * Test methods, equipment, facilities, design for test rules
  * Photonic quantum computing approaches discrete variable, continuous
    variable, Gaussian Boson Sampling, and cluster states
  * Applications of photonics-based quantum computing

Register on the CMC web pa 
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  Introduction to Silicon Photonics Design course (online)

The next online class Silicon Photonics Design, Fabrication and Data 
Analysis 
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starts on January 17, 2023 on the edX platform. Please spread the word 
to anyone who may be interested, especially those new to silicon 
photonics. This course allows students to design circuits which are 
fabricated and tested, and serves as an excellent introduction to the field.
Course summary:

  * Learn how to model and design passive silicon photonic components
    and circuits, with an emphasis on the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer.
  * Create a design using open-source and commercial tools, including
    Ansys-Lumerical Solutions, Luceda, KLayout, MATLAB and Python.
  * Includes an Electron Beam Lithography fabrication tape-out, via the
    Applied Nanotools NanoSOI process
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    and automated probe station measurements.

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