Universal optical processors are photonic devices that can be reprogrammed to implement a variety of transformations, all on a single chip. Such programable photonics may enable breakthroughs in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, imaging and signals processing. I’ve been developing these systems in a host of material platforms, alongside developing novel packaging, control and characterization techniques.
Papers
Universal linear optics
J. Carolan*, C. Harrold, C. Sparrow, E. Martı́n-López, N. J. Russell, J. W. Silverstone, P. J. Shadbolt, N. Matsuda, M. Oguma, M. Itoh, G. D. Marshall, M. G. Thompson, J. C. F. Matthews, T. Hashimoto, J. L. O’Brien, A. Laing
Science 349, 711 (2015)
Reviews
Linear programmable nanophotonic processors
N. C. Harris, J. Carolan*, D. Bunandar, M. Prabhu, M. Hochberg, T. Baehr-Jones, M. L. Fanto, A. M. Smith, C. C. Tison, P. M. Alsing, D. Englund
Optica 5, 1623 (2018)