DOI: 10.1364/optica.3.000127
Abstract:
The maturation of many photonic technologies from individual components to next-generation system-level circuits will require exceptional active control of complex states of light. A prime example is in quantum photonic technology: while single-photon processes are often probabilistic, it has been shown in theory that rapid and adaptive feedforward operations are sufficient to enable scalability. Here, we use simple “off-the-shelf” optical components to demonstrate active multiplexing—adaptive rerouting to single modes—of...
Excerpt:
Polarization-maintaining switches (Agiltron, 1 dB loss per switch, 500 kHz max operation frequency) were based on an electro-optic material...