Author:
Giamougiannis George,Moralis-Pegios Miltiadis,Tsakyridis Apostolos,Bamiedakis Nikos,Lazovsky David,Pleros Nikos
Abstract
We demonstrate the first on-chip and fidelity-restorable universal linear optical circuit that relies on a novel 4×4 silicon photonic coherent crossbar architecture. Its experimental characterization yields a fidelity of 99.93±0.06%, calculated over 10,000 arbitrary matrices.