IDEA #3H2MJG Programmable Universal Linear Photonic Array. 23A0019

Key Words: optical multiport device, optical matrix-vector multiplier, optical computing, optical neural networks, quantum information processing, photonic integrated circuits This invention introduces a new platform for integrated photonic matrix computation. This platform is based on a novel architecture that involves mathematical factorization of an arbitrary matrix in terms of interlacing operators of two operators that are Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform (DFrFT) and diagonal phase layers. We introduce a physical implementation of this architecture with using waveguide lattices and phase modulators. …