The Consortium on Integrated Quantum Photonics with Ferroelectric Materials held it’s kick-off meeting and workshop on ferroelectric materials for silicon photonics at the University of British Columbia. The event brought together researchers in silicon photonics, integrated quantum photonics and optical communications to build a community which will solve challenges ranging from materials to high volume fabrication for commercial applications.
The consortium is led by Quantum BC members, Professors Rogério de Sousa (Lead, UVic) and Lukas Chrostowski (Co-Lead, UBC), along with nine researchers from four Canadian universities and four industry partners. The goal of the consortium is to transform quantum photonics from an optical table to a silicon chip by incorporating ferroelectric materials such as barium titanite (BaTiO3 or BTO) and lithium niobate (LiNbO3 or LNO) into silicon photonic chips.
The consortium is funded through a $5m, five-year, Alliance Consortia Quantum grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).