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Programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are emerging as powerful tools for the precise manipulation of light, with applications in quantum information processing, optical range finding, and artificial intelligence. The leading…

We demonstrate chip-scale flat-top filters at near-infrared wavelengths using negative index photonic crystal based Mach Zehnder interferometers. Supported by full three-dimensional numerical simulations, we experimentally demonstrate a new…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Kocaman , M. S. Aras , N. C. Panoiu , M. Lu , C. W. Wong

We propose and demonstrate a modular architecture for reconfigurable on-chip linear-optical circuits. Each module contains 10 independent phase-controlled Mach-Zehnder interferometers; several such modules can be connected to each other to…

Recent advances in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have enabled a new generation of "programmable many-mode interferometers" (PMMIs) realized by cascaded Mach Zehnder Interferometers (MZIs) capable of universal linear-optical…

High-dimensional entanglement offers a variety of advantages for both fundamental and applied applications in quantum information science. A central building block for such applications is a programmable processor of entangled states, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Ohad Lib , Kfir Sulimany , Yaron Bromberg

We review the recent advances reported in the field of integrated photonic waveguide meshes, both from the theoretical as well as from the experimental point of view. We show how these devices can be programmed to implement both traditional…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Daniel Perez , Ivana Gasulla , Jose Capmany

Quantum optics plays a crucial role in developing quantum computers on different platforms. In photonics, precise control over light's degrees of freedom, including discrete variables (polarization, photon number, orbital angular momentum)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 J. S. Araujo , K. Khan , A. S. Coelho

A novel technique is presented for realising programmable silicon photonic circuits. Once the proposed photonic circuit is programmed, its routing is retained without the need for additional power consumption. This technology enables a…

Optical networks with parallel processing capabilities are significant in advancing high-speed data computing and large-scale data processing by providing ultra-width computational bandwidth. In this paper, we present a photonic integrated…

Photonic circuits are central to classical and quantum information processing. While integrated technologies dominate, free-space architectures are emerging as attractive alternatives, offering broad bandwidth and direct manipulation of…

Integrated photonic technologies have recently shown significant advances, enabling the possibility to implement reconfigurable interferometers with increasing size. One of the main tasks to fully exploit the capabilities of reconfigurable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Denis Stanev , Nicolò Spagnolo , Fabio Sciarrino

Optical neural networks (ONNs) based on programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) offer a promising route toward low-latency and energy-efficient deep learning. However, conventional photonic implementations of matrix-vector…

Large-scale programmable photonic circuits are opening up new possibilities for information processing providing fast and energy-efficient means for matrix-vector multiplication. Here, we introduce a novel architecture of photonic circuits…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-19 S. A. Fldzhyan , M. Yu. Saygin , S. S. Straupe

Random matrices are fundamental in photonic computing because of their ability to model and enhance complex light interactions and signal processing capabilities. In manipulating classical light, random operations are utilized for random…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-25 Kevin Zelaya , Mostafa Honari-Latifpour , Mohammad-Ali Miri

We propose advancing photonic in-memory computing through three-dimensional photonic-electronic integrated circuits using phase-change materials (PCM) and AlGaAs-CMOS technology. These circuits offer high precision (greater than 12 bits),…

Controlling topological phases of light has allowed experimental observations of abundant topological phenomena and development of robust photonic devices. The prospect of more sophisticated controls with topological photonic devices for…

We numerically investigate the implementation of Haar-random unitarity transformations and Fourier transformations in photonic devices consisting of beam splitters and phase shifters, which are used for integrated photonics implementations…

Partially coherent light offers salutary capabilities in optical information processing that cannot be matched by coherent light. To date, this `coherence advantage' has been confirmed in proof-of-principle optical communications protocols…

Photonic processors are pivotal for both quantum and classical information processing tasks using light. In particular, linear optical quantum information processing requires both largescale and low-loss programmable photonic processors. In…

General-purpose programmable photonic processors are considered a crucial technology because they combine the ultra high-speed, massive bandwidth, and energy efficiency of light-based computing with the flexibility of software-defined…

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