- Komza, Lukasz;
- Samutpraphoot, Polnop;
- Odeh, Mutasem;
- Tang, Yu-Lung;
- Mathew, Milena;
- Chang, Jiu;
- Song, Hanbin;
- Kim, Myung-Ki;
- Xiong, Yihuang;
- Hautier, Geoffroy;
- Sipahigil, Alp
Silicon is the ideal material for building electronic and photonic circuits at scale. Integrated photonic quantum technologies in silicon offer a promising path to scaling by leveraging advanced semiconductor manufacturing and integration capabilities. However, the lack of deterministic quantum light sources and strong photon-photon interactions in silicon poses a challenge to scalability. In this work, we demonstrate an indistinguishable photon source in silicon photonics based on an artificial atom. We show that a G center in a silicon waveguide can generate high-purity telecom-band single photons. We perform high-resolution spectroscopy and time-delayed two-photon interference to demonstrate the indistinguishability of single photons emitted from a G center in a silicon waveguide. Our results show that artificial atoms in silicon photonics can source single photons suitable for photonic quantum networks and processors.