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A Universal 20-mode Quantum Photonic Processor in Silicon Nitride

Devin H. Smith, Caterina Taballione, Malaquias Correa Anguita, Michiel de Goede, Pim Venderbosch, Ben Kassenberg, Henk Snijders, Jörn P. Epping, Reinier van der Meer, Pepijn W. H. Pinkse, Hans H. van den Vlekkert, Jelmer J. Renema

Published Jan 1, 2022• 7 citations
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Abstract

We report the realization of the largest reconfigurable quantum photonic processor enabling arbitrary unitary transformations on its 20 input & output modes with an average fibre-to-fibre loss of 2.9 dB/channel. High-fidelity operation and high-visibility quantum interference is demonstrated.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2022.qw4b.2

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