Large-scale spin-orbit photonic circuits in two dimensions
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08652v1
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:29:10 GMT
- Title: Large-scale spin-orbit photonic circuits in two dimensions
- Authors: Maria Gorizia Ammendola, Francesco Di Colandrea, Lorenzo Marrucci, Filippo Cardano,
- Abstract summary: Photonic circuits that connect input and output modes according to a specific map serve as effective optical processors for both classical and quantum states of light.
Here we present a photonic circuit technology implementing large-scale unitary maps, linking a single input to hundreds of output modes in a two-dimensional compact layout.
The map corresponds to the outcome of a quantum walk of structured photons, realized experimentally through light propagation in three liquid-crystal metasurfaces.
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- Abstract: Photonic circuits, optical platforms that connect input and output modes according to a specific map, serve as effective optical processors for both classical and quantum states of light. The number of optical elements typically scales with that of processed modes, leading to a direct correlation between system size, circuit complexity, and optical losses. Here we present a photonic circuit technology implementing large-scale unitary maps, linking a single input to hundreds of output modes in a two-dimensional compact layout. The map corresponds to the outcome of a quantum walk of structured photons, realized experimentally through light propagation in three liquid-crystal metasurfaces, having the local orientation of optic axes artificially engineered in a complex pattern. Theoretically, the walk length and the number of connected modes can be arbitrary, keeping optical losses constant. The patterns can be designed to accurately replicate multiple unitary maps. We also discuss limited reconfigurability by adjusting the overall birefringence and the relative displacement of the three optical elements. These results lay the basis for the design of low-loss photonic circuits that target a broader range of unitary maps, primarily for manipulating multi-photon states in genuinely quantum regimes.
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