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PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR QUANTUM OPTICS APPLICATIONS 3er Foro Tecnologías Cuán2cas – QUINFOG CSIC Campus (Madrid) ‐ November 3rd, 2016 Outline COMPANY OVERVIEW •  THE PROBLEM & THE SOLUTION •  THE BUSINESS MODEL •  TECHNOLOGIES & LIBRARIES •  INTERNAL AND COLLABORATIVE R&D QUANTUM OPTICS & PHOTONIC CHIPS •  Q‐ENTROPY SOURCE PHOTONIC CHIP •  PROGRAMMABLE HEXAGONAL MESHES CONCLUSION VLC Photonics
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Company Overview •  VLC Photonics is a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) DESIGN HOUSE –  Established in 2011 as spin‐off from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV) –  From photonic integra2on exper2se acquired through compe22ve R&D –  The founding team has 15+ years of experience in photonics and integra2on •  The company headquarters are in Valencia (Spain) –  The office is at the UPV campus, in the Business Development Center –  The company has direct access to UPV Photonics Labs & Experts –  It serves customers worldwide, mainly Europe, USA, Asia and Australia VLC Photonics
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The problem: bulk, heavy, complex & expensive opVcs VLC Photonics
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The soluVon VLC addresses the needs of system integrators which use aggrega2on of discrete photonic components to build their products VLC outsources fabrica2on to chip manufacturers that provide generic processes, which can be employed to serve a wide range of applica2ons VLC provides a solu2on with the advantages of integra2on: size, c o s t , p o w e r , s c a l a b i l i t y & performance VLC Photonics
System Integrator
Specialized market
Advanced functionality
Small/Medium volume
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PIC dev know-how
Building block library
Design/Prototype/Test
Chip Manufacturer
Generic components
Simple functionality
Large volume
Self
fabrication
System concept
Size
Cost
Power
Integrated
Scalability Solution
Performance
High yield
commercial
process
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Capacity outsourcing
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The business model: general view •  VLC translates (photonic) system concepts into photonic chips •  Selects the best suited op2cal architecture & technology •  Addresses the PIC design and performance simula2on •  Generates the PIC layout for manufacturing following the design rules of the selected foundry •  Outsources the PIC manufacturing •  Validates experimentally the manufactured PICs VLC Photonics
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Chip testing
Optical architecture
Manufacture
Chip architecture
Mask layout + DRC
Chip design
PDKs +
Licensed IP
Performance simulation
2-8 weeks
4-8 months
Total flexibility + Turn-key solution
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Technologies Silicon on Insulator Indium Phosphide Si Nitride/PLC VLC Photonics operates fabless The technical team masters the most relevant integraVon technologies on the market VLC Photonics
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Library of components vs foundries Color code: Green=Available / Possible, Grey=Not Available / Possible.. Abbrevia2ons: SHWVG Shallow waveguide, DEWVG Deeply etched waveguide, WVGX Waveguide crossing, Y‐B Y‐branch, DC Direc2onal coupler, MMI Mul2‐
Mode Interference coupler, SPGC Single Polariza2on Gra2ng Coupler, PSGC Polariza2on Spligng GC, SSC Spot‐Size Converter, EO‐MOD Electro‐Op2c Modulator, TO‐MOD Thermo‐Op2c Modulator, PN‐MOD PN Junc2on Modulator, RR Ring Resonator, AWG Arrayed Waveguide Gra2ng, DBR Distributed Bragg Reflector, SOA Semiconductor Op2cal Amplifier, PD Photo‐Detector, BPD Balanced PD VLC Photonics
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R&D Photonic Integrated Circuits, internal and external collaboraVons YEAR 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2012‐16 DESCRIPTION Microwave Photonics (MWP) beamformer Wavelength tracker, modulators and filters Arrayed waveguide gra2ngs (AWGs) AWGs, Echelle Gra2ngs and MWP filters Quantum Random Number Generator + Comb lasers FTTH transceiver Arrayed waveguide gra2ngs External cavity laser and filters to combine with InP chip Echelle Gra2ngs Opto‐electronic oscillators Quantum Random Number Generator, (SG)DBR lasers Silicon nitride process development & Mul2‐Project Wafer runs Other than cannot be disclosed due to confiden2ality VLC Photonics
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TECHNOLOGY InP Thin SOI TripleX Thick SOI InP InP TripleX TripleX InP InP InP SiNx All of them 9
Quantum OpVcs & Photonic Chips • 
There is an unprecedented opportunity for integrated photonics in quantum informa2on VLC Photonics
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Quantum Entropy Source on a Photonic Chip Collaborative work with ICFO,
UPV and Politécnico di Milano
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Programmable hexagonal meshes Input
waveguides
Output
waveguides
M11
WI1
M12
WI2
Input
waveguides
Arbitrary Linear Matrix Input waveguides
M12
WI2
M13
WI4 M14
Output coupler
SD1
M21
M22
M23
WI3
WI4 M14
M13
M21
M22
M31
M32
M23
WO2
WO1
Coupler
M11
WI1
WI3
Output
waveguides
WO4
WO3
SD2
M31
M32
M32
M31
SD3
M14
M23
M22
M21
SD4
Output waveguides
M13
M12
WO4
WO3
WO2
WO1
M11
Input coupler
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Programmable hexagonal meshes (collab with UPV and ORC) WI1
WI2
M11
WI3
M12
M13
WI4
M32
SD1
M14
SD2
M21
M22
M23
M31
SD3
M31
M13
M22
M21
SD4
M14
M23
M12
M11
M32
WO4
WO3
WO2
WO1
Cross State
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Not used (available)
Bar State
Tunable Coupler
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Conclusion •  VLC Photonics has been opera2ng on market for 5 years –  Holds a very strong widely recognized brand as independent PIC design house –  Has a growing, solid and diversified customer base, industry & academics –  Track on market indicates more opportuni2es can be turned into customers •  Strong interest in applica2on of photonic chips in Quantum Op2cs : –  There is a huge potenVal for integrated photonics (leveraging on its unique proper2es) –  Photon sources –  Other Applica2on Specific Photonic Circuits (Detectors, Switches, Bell states, QKD integrated transceivers etc..) –  Reconfigurable processors (i.e quantum FPGa) VLC Photonics
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Iñigo Artundo (CEO)
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Jose Capmany (CIO)
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