Agenda

Quantum imaging seminar

Quantum Nonlinear Optics in Integrated Devices

Marco Liscidini
University of Pavia, Italy

There is a burgeoning interest in the study of parametric fluorescence in integrated devices to obtain compact and efficient sources of non-classical states of light, which are necessary toward the full integration of quantum optical devices. As in the case of quantum linear optics, the use of microstructures gives the opportunity for investigating new phenomena that would be hardly observable in larger bulk-crystal sources. Yet, integrated sources present also several challenges, such as their efficient and fast characterization, which is typically quite demanding because of their low external brightness. In this talk, I will review all these points, starting with the demonstration of silicon microring resonators as CMOS compatible room-temperature sources of time-energy entangled photon pairs.

About the speaker

Marco Liscidini received the Ph.D degree in physics from the University of Pavia (Italy) 2006, working in the group of Prof. Lucio Andreani, with a dissertation entitled "Nonlinear optical properties of planar microcavities and photonic crystal slabs". From 2007 to 2009, he was Post-Doctoral Fellow in the group of Prof. John E. Sipe at the Department of Physics of the University of Toronto, Canada. From 2009 to 2013 is research scientist at the University of Pavia. He is currently tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Pavia. Since October 2011 is professor of Photonics at the Department of Physics of the University of Pavia. His research activity is focused on the theoretical study and modeling of light-matter interaction in micro- and nano?structures. He works in several areas of photonics, including classical and quantum nonlinear optics, spontaneous emission, plasmon and QW-exciton polaritons, optical sensing and bio-sensing, and photovoltaic effects. He is coauthor of more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His theoretical research activity is in strong collaboration with experimental groups and in the framework of national, European, and Canadian research programs.

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