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Fast and Coherent Optical Control with 256 Visible-Wavelength Channels

Ian Christen, Thomas Propson, Hamed Sattari, Grégory Choong, Yves Pétremand, Iván Prieto, Adrian J. Menssen, Amir Hossein Ghadimi, Dirk Englund

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

Individual control of hundreds of atomic qubits necessitates individual control of hundreds of optical channels. We implement 256 visible-light modulators in thin-film lithium niobate, actuated and stabilized in parallel by an FPGA-based architecture.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2023.sf1e.3

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