Abstract
We propose three experimental designs for observing the Hong-Ou-Mandel Manifolds using silicon micro-ring resonators. These experimental designs tackle the challenges of producing and coupling identical photon pairs to be incident on a silicon micro-ring resonator, and they describe methods of photon observation. We experimentally characterized a silicon micro-ring resonator with Mach-Zehnder Interferometer couplers. We modified the Hong-Ou-Mandel Manifold theory to include these realistic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer couplers, and computationally predict new manifold structures based on experimental power transmission spectrum comparisons. We also characterized a packaged foundry-fabricated silicon spiral photon pair source to be used as a possible identical photon pair source.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Low-dimensional topology; Manifolds (Mathematics); Silicon; Interferometers
Publication Date
8-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Physics (MS)
Department, Program, or Center
School of Physics and Astronomy (COS)
Advisor
Gregory Howland
Advisor/Committee Member
Stefan Preble
Advisor/Committee Member
Matthew Amos Smith
Recommended Citation
Monteleone, Joseph III, "Experimental Designs for Observing the Hong-Ou-Mandel Manifolds Using Silicon Micro-Ring Resonators" (2022). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/11279
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
PHYS-MS
