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We propose and experimentally demonstrate a photonic routing architecture that can efficiently utilize the space of multi-plane (3D) photonic integration. A wafer with three planes of amorphous silicon waveguides was fabricated and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-09-01 Jeff Chiles , Sonia Buckley , Nima Nader , Sae Woo Nam , Richard P. Mirin , Jeffrey M. Shainline

We propose and experimentally verify a method to program the effective transmission matrix of general multiport linear optical circuits in random multiple-scattering materials by phase modulation of incident wavefronts. We demonstrate the…

Inverse design of optical components based on adjoint sensitivity analysis has the potential to address the most challenging photonic engineering problems. However existing inverse design tools based on finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD)…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-20 Dodd Gray , Gavin N. West , Rajeev J. Ram

Multiple Mach-Zehnder interferometers are constructed using fiber-Bragg grating couplers, y-branches, silicon waveguides, and/or broadband splitters in silicon on insulator strip waveguides to test the effect of variation in waveguide…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-03 Cael Warner

Recently, moir\'e engineering has been extensively employed for creating and studying novel electronic materials in two dimensions. However, its application in nanophotonic systems has not been widely explored so far. Here, we demonstrate…

This article reviews recent progress in quasi-phasematched $\chi^{(2)}$ nonlinear nanophotonics, with a particular focus on dispersion-engineered nonlinear interactions. Throughout this article, we establish design rules for the bandwidth…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-08 Marc Jankowski , Jatadhari Mishra , M. M. Fejer

Waveguide Meshes are efficient and versatile models of wave propagation along a multidimensional ideal medium. The choice of the mesh geometry affects both the computational cost and the accuracy of simulations. In this paper, we focus on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-21 Federico Fontana , Davide Rocchesso

Grover multiports are higher-dimensional generalizations of beam splitters, in which input to any one of the four ports has equal probability of exiting at any of the same four ports, including the input port. In this paper, we demonstrate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 David S. Simon , Christopher R. Schwarze , Alexander V. Sergienko

The key technologies of sixth generation (6G), such as ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), enable intricate interactions between antennas and wireless propagation environments. As a result, it becomes necessary to develop…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Bokai Xu , Jiayi Zhang , Qingfeng Lin , Huahua Xiao , Yik-Chung Wu , Bo Ai

We present an approach to fabrication and packaging of integrated photonic devices that utilizes waveguide and detector layers deposited at near-ambient temperature. All lithography is performed with a 365 nm i-line stepper, facilitating…

Programmable photonic circuits are versatile platforms that route light through multiple interference paths using reconfigurable optoelectronic elements to perform complex discrete linear operations. These circuits offer the potential for…

Photonic integrated circuits are gaining traction in the field of telecommunications and information processing for their low-loss and high-throughput data transmission in comparison to electronic integrated circuits. However, they are…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-08 Fahmy Yousry , Panu Hildén , Radoslaw Kolkowski , Andriy Shevchenko

We present a fully Gaussian and experimentally feasible scheme for the simultaneous estimation of the four real parameters that characterize an arbitrary two-channel unitary transformation. The scheme utilizes a two-mode squeezed probe and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Atmadev Rai , Paolo Facchi , Vincenzo Tamma

We show that programmable photonic circuit architectures composed of alternating mixing layers and active layers offer a high degree of flexibility. This alternating configuration enables the systematic tailoring of both the network's depth…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-30 Matthew Markowitz , Kevin Zelaya , Mohammad-Ali Miri

Compact and robust waveguide chips are crucial for new integrated terahertz applications, such as high-speed interconnections between processors and broadband short-range wireless communications. Progress on topological photonic crystals…

Programmable integrated photonics has emerged as a powerful platform for implementing diverse optical functions on a single chip through software-driven reconfiguration. At the core of these processors, photonic waveguide meshes enable…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-27 Cristina Catalá-Lahoz , Jose Capmany

We investigate on-chip spectral control of supercontinuum generation, taking advantage of the additional spatial degree of freedom in strongly-coupled dual-core waveguides. Using numerical integration of the multi-mode generalized nonlinear…

Non-trivial dispersion relations engineered in photonic waveguide for the precise control of atomic dynamics has recently attracted considerable attention. Here, we study a system in which atoms are coupled to one-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Weijun Cheng , Da-Wei Wang , Yang Xue , Zhihai Wang , Liantuan Xiao

Partially coherent light is typically studied in the context of freely propagating continuous fields. Recent developments have indicated the existence of a `coherence advantage' in multimode optical communications, where partially coherent…

We investigate the generation and engineering of photonic band gaps in waveguide quantum electrodynamics systems containing periodically arranged atom-polymers. We first consider the configuration of a dimer array coupled to a waveguide.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 M. S. Wang , W. Z. Jia