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IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID)

Programming Multiphoton Correlations in Lossy Optical Networks

H. Hammer, Nathan A. Helvy, Matthew D. Nelson, Ravitej Uppu

Published Aug 13, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We investigate multiphoton correlations in lossy multimode optical networks realized in a rectilinear core multimode fiber with over 1000 modes. Through a combination of theoretical and experimental studies, we investigate programmable multiphoton correlations enabled by losses in the network.
DOI
10.1109/rapid64712.2025.11151259

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