Research project

Engineered photonic qubits for integrated optical quantum computing networks

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Professor Peter G.R. Smith
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

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

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

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

Research outputs

Boson sampling on a photonic chip

Justin B. Spring, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, W.Steven Kolthammer, Xian-Min Jin, Marco Barbieri, Aanimesh Datta, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, Nathan K. Langford, Dmytro Kundys, James C. Gates, Brian J. Smith, Peter G.R. Smith & Ian A. Walmsley, 2012, Science, 339(6121), 798-801

DOI: 10.1126/science.1231692

Type: article

Analysis of dispersion characteristics of planar waveguides via multi-order interrogation of integrated Bragg gratings

H.L. Rogers, C. Holmes, J.C. Gates & P.G.R. Smith, 2012, IEEE Photonics Journal, 4(2), 310-316

DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2186794

Type: article

150 GHz of thermo-optic tuning in direct UV written silica-on-silicon planar Bragg grating

C. Holmes, D.O. Kundys, J.C. Gates, C.B.E. Gawith & P.G.R. Smith, 2009, Electronics Letters, 45(18), 954-956

DOI: 10.1049/el.2009.1305

Type: article

Phase-controlled integrated photonic quantum circuits

Brian J. Smith, Dmytro Kundys, Nicholas Thomas-Peter, P.G.R. Smith & I.A. Wamsley, 2009, Optics Express, 17(16), 13516-13525