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Complex Light and Optical Forces

A complex media platform for quantum networking using structured light

Natalia Herrera Valencia, Annameng Ma, Suraj Goel, Saroch Leedumrongwatthanakun, Francesco Graffitti, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Will McCutcheon, Mehul Malik

Published Mar 19, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We harness the complex light-scattering process inside a multi-mode fibre to implement reconfigurable circuits for transverse spatial photonic modes. With this architecture, we have demonstrated high-dimensional quantum gates to manipulate spatial-mode entanglement in the bipartite and multipartite regimes, enabling a multiplexed programmable network that distributes and swaps entanglement between 4 parties using structured light.

DOI
10.1117/12.3041789

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