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Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B

Construction of optical networks

Stig Stenholm

Published Aug 1, 1995• 9 citations
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Abstract

We consider the construction of a Hamiltonian system performing a preassigned unitary transformation on optical modes. We indicate how to derive microscopically the effective interactions leading to linear networks. Simple examples are presented as illustrations of the theory.
DOI
10.1088/1355-5111/7/4/020

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