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

Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources

Justin B. Spring, Paolo L. Mennea, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Peter C. Humphreys, James C. Gates, Helen L. Rogers, Christoph Soller, Brian J. Smith, W. Steven Kolthammer, Peter G.R. Smith & Ian A. Walmsley, 2016, Optica, 4(1), 90-96

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.000090

Type: article

Integrated polarizing coupler based on tilted gratings

Matthew Posner, Paolo Mennea, Nina Podoliak, Peter Horak, James Gates & Peter G.R. Smith, 2016

DOI: 10.1364/IPRSN.2016.IW3B.3

Type: conference

External cavity diode laser based upon an FBG in an integrated optical fiber platform

Stephen Lynch, Christopher Holmes, Sam Berry, James Gates, Alexander Jantzen, Teresa Ferreiro & Peter G.R. Smith, 2016, Optics Express, 24(8), 8391-8398

DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.008391

Type: article

Direct UV written planar Bragg gratings that feature zero fluence induced birefringence

Christopher Holmes, Peter Cooper, Harendra N.J. Fernando, Andreas Stroll, James C. Gates, Chirenjeevi Krishnan, Roger Haynes, Paolo L. Mennea, Lewis G. Carpenter, Corin B.E. Gawith, Martin M. Roth, Martin D. Charlton & Peter G.R. Smith, 2015, Measurement Science and Technology, 26(12)

DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/26/12/125006

Type: article

Nanoscale roughness micromilled silica evanescent refractometer

Lewis Carpenter, Peter Cooper, Christopher Holmes, Corin B.E. Gawith, James C. Gates & Peter G.R. Smith, 2014, Optics Express, 23(2), 1005-1014

DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.001005

Type: article