Understanding and controlling waves – the new multimode optics

“Understanding and controlling waves – the new multimode optics,” Lectures at the Winter College on Optics: Terahertz Optics and Photonics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, February 13, 2023

Major references for the talk

D. A. B. Miller, “Waves, modes, communications, and optics: a tutorial,” Adv. Opt. Photon. 11, 679-825 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.11.000679

W. Bogaerts, D. Pérez, J. Capmany, D. A. B. Miller, J. Poon, D. Englund, F. Morichetti and A. Melloni “Programmable photonic circuits,” Nature 586, 207–216 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2764-0 Open access link https://rdcu.be/b8caY

D. A. B. Miller, “Why optics needs thickness,” Science 379, 41-45 (2023) Open access link to Science paper https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade3395 Author’s final version (with Supplementary Materials)

Other references in the talk

D. A. B. Miller, “Analyzing and generating multimode optical fields using self-configuring networks,” Optica 7, 794-801 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.391592 Supplementary material at this link and at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12476123

D. A. B. Miller, “Self-configuring universal linear optical component,” Photon. Res. 1, 1-15 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.1.000001

D. A. B. Miller, “Establishing optimal wave communication channels automatically,” J. Lightwave Technol. 31, 3987 – 3994 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2013.2278809

S. Pai, Z. Sun, T. W. Hughes, T. Park, B. Bartlett, I. A. D. Williamson, M. Minkov, M. Milanizadeh, N. Abebe, F. Morichetti, A Melloni, S. Fan, O. Solgaard, and D. A. B. Miller, “Experimentally realized in situ backpropagation for deep learning in nanophotonic neural networks,” DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2205.08501

A. Annoni, E. Guglielmi, M. Carminati, G. Ferrari, M. Sampietro, D. A. B. Miller, A. Melloni, and F. Morichetti, “Unscrambling light – automatically undoing strong mixing between modes,” Light Science & Applications 6, e17110 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2017.110

D. A. B. Miller, “Self-aligning universal beam coupler,” Opt. Express 21, 6360-6370 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.006360

M. Milanizadeh, F. Toso, G. Ferrari, T. Jonuzi, D. A. B. Miller, A. Melloni, and F. Morichetti, “Coherent self-control of free-space optical beams with integrated silicon photonic meshes,”. Photonics Research 9, 2196-2204 (2021), http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/PRJ.428680

M. Milanizadeh, SM. SeyedinNavadeh, F. Zanetto, V. Grimaldi, C. De Vita, C. Klitis, M. Sorel, G. Ferrari, D. A. B. Miller, A. Melloni, and F Morichetti, “Separating arbitrary free-space beams with an integrated photonic processor,” Light: Science & Applications 11, 197 (2022) (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00884-8

SeyedMohammad SeyedinNavadeh, Maziyar Milanizadeh, Francesco Zanetto, Vittorio Grimaldi, Christian De Vita, Giorgio Ferrari, David A. B. Miller, Andrea Melloni, and Francesco Morichetti, “Multi-channel free-space optical communication between self-configuring silicon photonics meshes,” 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics, Milano, Italy, 4 – 6 May 2022 (https://www.ecio-conference.org/2022-proceedings/), Paper F.E.2

D. A. B. Miller, “All linear optical devices are mode converters,” Opt. Express 20, 23985-23993 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.023985

Some other relevant references

D. A. B. Miller, “Perfect optics with imperfect components,” Optica  2, 747-750 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.2.000747

C. M. Wilkes, X. Qiang, J. Wang, R. Santagati, S. Paesani, X. Zhou, D. A. B. Miller, G. D. Marshall, M. G. Thompson, and J. L. O’Brien, “60  dB high-extinction auto-configured Mach–Zehnder interferometer,” Opt. Lett. 41, 5318-5321 (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.005318

S. Pai, I. A. D. Williamson, T. W. Hughes, M. Minkov, O. Solgaard, S. Fan, and D. A. B. Miller, “Parallel programming of an arbitrary feedforward photonic network,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 25, 6100813 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2020.2997849

D. A. B. Miller, Linxiao Zhu, and Shanhui Fan, “Universal modal radiation laws for all thermal emitters,” PNAS 114, no. 17, 4336-4341 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701606114

S. Pai, T. Park, M. Ball, B. Penkovsky, M. Milanizadeh, M Dubrovsky, N. Abebe, F. Morichetti, A. Melloni, S. Fan, O. Solgaard, and D. A.B. Miller “Experimental evaluation of digitally-verifiable photonic computing for blockchain and cryptocurrency,” DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2205.08512

S. Pai, C. Valdez, T. Park, M. Milanizadeh, F. Morichetti, A. Melloni, S. Fan, O. Solgaard, and D. A. B. Miller., “Power monitoring in a feedforward photonic network using two output detectors,” Nanophotonics, Jan. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0527