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Research project

Engineered photonic qubits for integrated optical quantum computing networks

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

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
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013516
Type: article
Use of cross-couplers to decrease size of UV written photonic circuits
D.O. Kundys, J.C. Gates, S. Dasgupta, C.B.E. Gawith & P.G.R. Smith, 2009, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 21(13), 947-949
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2021071
Type: article