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Programmable Nanophotonic Processor for Arbitrary High Fidelity Optical Transformations

Gregory R. Steinbrecher, Nicholas C. Harris, Jacob Mower, Mihika Prabhu, Dirk Englund

Published Jan 1, 2015• 1 citation
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Abstract

We present an architecture for programmable nanophotonic processors capable of arbitrary discrete transformations for quantum and classical applications. A method to combat fabrication imperfections with high fidelity is discussed along with initial experimental results.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2015.fw4a.2

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