Integrated photonic quantum technologies

• Published in: Nature photonics Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 273 - 284
• Main Authors: Wang, Jianwei, Sciarrino, Fabio, Laing, Anthony, Thompson, Mark G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/624/400/482; 639/766/483/481; Algorithms; Applied and Technical Physics; Circuits; Computer simulation; Data processing; Footprints; Information processing; Photonics; Photons; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum chemistry; Quantum entanglement; Quantum phenomena; Quantum Physics; Review Article
• ISSN: 1749-4885; 1749-4893
• DOI: 10.1038/s41566-019-0532-1

Quantum technologies comprise an emerging class of devices capable of controlling superposition and entanglement of quantum states of light or matter, to realize fundamental performance advantages over ordinary classical machines. The technology of integrated quantum photonics has enabled the generation, processing and detection of quantum states of light at a steadily increasing scale and level of complexity, progressing from few-component circuitry occupying centimetre-scale footprints and operating on two photons, to programmable devices approaching 1,000 components occupying millimetre-scale footprints with integrated generation of multiphoton states. This Review summarizes the advances in integrated photonic quantum technologies and its demonstrated applications, including quantum communications, simulations of quantum chemical and physical systems, sampling algorithms, and linear-optic quantum information processing. This Review covers recent progress in integrated quantum photonics (IQP) technologies and their applications. The challenges and opportunities of realizing large-scale, monolithic IQP circuits for future quantum applications are discussed.