Reconfigurable unitary transformations of optical beam arrays

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06981v1
• Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 15:56:35 GMT
• Title: Reconfigurable unitary transformations of optical beam arrays
• Authors: Aldo C. Martinez-Becerril, Siwei Luo, Liu Li, Jordan Pagé, Lambert Giner, Raphael A. Abrahao, Jeff S. Lundeen,
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate the promise of an arbitrary unitary transformation that can be reconfigured dynamically. We experimentally test the full gamut of unitary transformations for a system of two parallel beams and make a map of their fidelity. This high-fidelity suggests MPLCs are a useful tool implementing the unitary transformations that comprise quantum and classical information processing.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Spatial transformations of light are ubiquitous in optics, with examples ranging from simple imaging with a lens to quantum and classical information processing in waveguide meshes. Multi-plane light converter (MPLC) systems have emerged as a platform that promises completely general spatial transformations, i.e., a universal unitary. However until now, MPLC systems have demonstrated transformations that are far from general, e.g., converting from a Gaussian to Laguerre-Gauss mode. Here, we demonstrate the promise of an MLPC, the ability to impose an arbitrary unitary transformation that can be reconfigured dynamically. Specifically, we consider transformations on superpositions of parallel free-space beams arranged in an array, which is a common information encoding in photonics. We experimentally test the full gamut of unitary transformations for a system of two parallel beams and make a map of their fidelity. We obtain an average transformation fidelity of $0.85 \pm 0.03$. This high-fidelity suggests MPLCs are a useful tool implementing the unitary transformations that comprise quantum and classical information processing.

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