Modeling and Analysis of Phase Instability in Photonic Processor

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.25196v1
• Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:40:01 GMT
• Title: Modeling and Analysis of Phase Instability in Photonic Processor
• Abstract summary: Achieving both reconfigurability and stable output signals is a critical challenge in the development of integrated photonic circuits.<n>Maintaining phase stability in multi-port input signals is a significant hurdle, particularly due to the phase instabilities introduced by active cooling systems.<n>We propose theoretical models to simulate phase instability in photonic processors and validate them against experimental results.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Achieving both reconfigurability and stable output signals is a critical challenge in the development of integrated photonic circuits for large-scale optical quantum information processing. This has led to the creation of multimode photonic processors, also known as reconfigurable multimode interferometers, which have wide-ranging applications in quantum and classical information processing. However, maintaining phase stability in multi-port input signals remains a significant hurdle, particularly due to the phase instabilities introduced by active cooling systems and temperature drifts in the photonic processor. In this study, we propose theoretical models to simulate phase instability in photonic processors and validate them against experimental results. Two distinct modeling approaches were employed: a Brownian random walk and phase reconstruction based on experimentally observed oscillating harmonics. Additionally, we verified and applied our model to a specific application for input phase correction using self-feedback control within the photonic processor.

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