Arbitrary linear transformations for photons in the frequency synthetic dimension

Siddharth Buddhiraju; Avik Dutt; Momchil Minkov; Ian A. D. Williamson; Shanhui Fan

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22670-7

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Arbitrary linear transformations for photons in the frequency synthetic dimension

Siddharth Buddhiraju,
Avik Dutt,
Momchil Minkov,
Ian A. D. Williamson,
Shanhui Fan

Affiliations

Siddharth Buddhiraju: Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Avik Dutt: Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Momchil Minkov: Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Ian A. D. Williamson: Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Shanhui Fan: Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22670-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Photonic processors that can perform arbitrary tasks are in demand for many applications. Here, the authors present a photonic architecture using waveguide and resonator couplings to perform arbitrary linear transformations, by taking advantage of the frequency synthetic dimension.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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