Research project

Engineered photonic qubits for integrated optical quantum computing networks

Research groups:
Lead researcher:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

Connect with Peter G.R.

Email: Peter.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Optical Engineering and Quantum Photonics Group

Led by Professor Peter Smith, our group specialises in the development and manufacture of novel optoelectronic devices for applications in quantum technology, integrated optical sensors and laser optics. 

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

Our group’s research in photonics is helping the development of critical global technologies.

Research outputs

Planarised optical fiber composite using flame hydrolysis deposition demonstrating an integrated FBG anemometer

Christopher Holmes, James C. Gates & Peter G.R. Smith, 2014, Optics Express, 22(26), 32150-32157

DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.032150

Type: article

Quantum teleportation on a photonic chip

Benjamin J. Metcalf, Justin B. Spring, Peter C. Humphreys, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, Marco Barbieri, W.Steven Kolthammer, Xian-Min Jin, Nathan K. Langford, Dmytro Kundys, James C. Gates, Brian J. Smith, Peter G.R. Smith & Ian A. Walmsley, 2014, Nature Photonics, 8, 770-774

DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.217

Type: article

Integrated optical dual-cantilever arrays in silica on silicon

Peter A. Cooper, Lewis Carpenter, Paolo Mennea, Christopher Holmes, James C. Gates & Peter G.R. Smith, 2014, Optics Express, 22(26), 31801-31813

DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.031801

Type: article

High quantum-efficiency photon-number-resolving detector for photonic on-chip information processing

Brice Calkins, Paolo Mennea, Adriana E. Lita, Benjamin J. Metcalf, W.Steven Kolthammer, Antia Lamas-Linares, Justin B. Spring, Peter C. Humphreys, Richard P. Mirin, James C. Gates, Peter G.R. Smith, Ian A. Walmsley, Thomas Gerrits & Sae Woo Nam, 2013, Optics Express, 21(19), 22657-22670

DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.022657

Type: article

Multiphoton quantum interference in a multiport integrated photonic device

Benjamin J. Metcalf, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, Justin B. Spring, Dmytro Kundys, Matthew A. Broome, Peter C. Humphreys, Xian-Min Jin, Marco Barbieri, W.Steven Kolthammer, James C. Gates, Brian J. Smith, Nathan K. Langford, Peter G.R. Smith & Ian A. Walmsley, 2013, Nature Communications, 4

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2349

Type: article