Modular linear optical circuits
Linear optical circuits that can provide reconfig- urable interference between several optical modes are emerging as a powerful tool for both classical and quantum optics. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a modular architecture for building these circuits. Each module contains independent ph...
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Optical Society of America
2018
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| author | Mennea, P Clements, W Smith, D Gates, J Metcalf, B Bannerman, R Burgwal, R Renema, J Kolthammer, W Walmsley, I Smith, P |
| author_facet | Mennea, P Clements, W Smith, D Gates, J Metcalf, B Bannerman, R Burgwal, R Renema, J Kolthammer, W Walmsley, I Smith, P |
| author_sort | Mennea, P |
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| description | Linear optical circuits that can provide reconfig- urable interference between several optical modes are emerging as a powerful tool for both classical and quantum optics. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a modular architecture for building these circuits. Each module contains independent phase-controlled Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and several modules can be interfaced to build large reconfigurable interferometers. We demonstrate our approach by fabricating three modules in the form of UV-written silica-on-silicon chips. We characterize these chips, connect them to each other, and implement a wide range of linear optical transformations. Our work facilitates the development of large scale linear optical circuits for quantum optics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c4221d60-9fde-4b36-a87d-d5525667c74a2022-03-27T06:21:23ZModular linear optical circuitsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c4221d60-9fde-4b36-a87d-d5525667c74aSymplectic Elements at OxfordOptical Society of America2018Mennea, PClements, WSmith, DGates, JMetcalf, BBannerman, RBurgwal, RRenema, JKolthammer, WWalmsley, ISmith, PLinear optical circuits that can provide reconfig- urable interference between several optical modes are emerging as a powerful tool for both classical and quantum optics. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a modular architecture for building these circuits. Each module contains independent phase-controlled Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and several modules can be interfaced to build large reconfigurable interferometers. We demonstrate our approach by fabricating three modules in the form of UV-written silica-on-silicon chips. We characterize these chips, connect them to each other, and implement a wide range of linear optical transformations. Our work facilitates the development of large scale linear optical circuits for quantum optics. |
| spellingShingle | Mennea, P Clements, W Smith, D Gates, J Metcalf, B Bannerman, R Burgwal, R Renema, J Kolthammer, W Walmsley, I Smith, P Modular linear optical circuits |
| title | Modular linear optical circuits |
| title_full | Modular linear optical circuits |
| title_fullStr | Modular linear optical circuits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modular linear optical circuits |
| title_short | Modular linear optical circuits |
| title_sort | modular linear optical circuits |
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