Learning Arbitrary Complex Matrices by Interlacing Amplitude and Phase Masks with Fixed Unitary Operations

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Main Authors: Markowitz, Matthew, Zelaya, Kevin, Miri, Mohammad-Ali
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author Markowitz, Matthew
Zelaya, Kevin
Miri, Mohammad-Ali
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Zelaya, Kevin
Miri, Mohammad-Ali
contents Programmable photonic integrated circuits represent an emerging technology that amalgamates photonics and electronics, paving the way for light-based information processing at high speeds and low power consumption. Considering their wide range of applications as one of the most fundamental mathematical operations there has been a particular interest in programmable photonic circuits that perform matrix-vector multiplication. In this regard, there has been great interest in developing novel circuit architectures for performing matrix operations that are compatible with the existing photonic integrated circuit technology which can thus be reliably implemented. Recently, it has been shown that discrete linear unitary operations can be parameterized through diagonal phase parameters interlaced with a fixed operator that enables efficient photonic realization of unitary operations by cascading phase shifter arrays interlaced with a multiport component. Here, we show that such a decomposition is only a special case of a much broader class of factorizations that allow for parametrizing arbitrary complex matrices in terms of diagonal matrices alternating with a fixed unitary matrix. Thus, we introduce a novel architecture for physically implementing discrete linear operations. The proposed architecture is built on representing an $N \times N$ matrix operator in terms of $N+1$ amplitude-and-phase modulation layers interlaced with a fixed unitary layer that could be implemented via a coupled waveguide array. The proposed architecture enables the development of novel families of programmable photonic circuits for on-chip analog information processing.
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spellingShingle Learning Arbitrary Complex Matrices by Interlacing Amplitude and Phase Masks with Fixed Unitary Operations
Markowitz, Matthew
Zelaya, Kevin
Miri, Mohammad-Ali
Optics
Quantum Physics
Programmable photonic integrated circuits represent an emerging technology that amalgamates photonics and electronics, paving the way for light-based information processing at high speeds and low power consumption. Considering their wide range of applications as one of the most fundamental mathematical operations there has been a particular interest in programmable photonic circuits that perform matrix-vector multiplication. In this regard, there has been great interest in developing novel circuit architectures for performing matrix operations that are compatible with the existing photonic integrated circuit technology which can thus be reliably implemented. Recently, it has been shown that discrete linear unitary operations can be parameterized through diagonal phase parameters interlaced with a fixed operator that enables efficient photonic realization of unitary operations by cascading phase shifter arrays interlaced with a multiport component. Here, we show that such a decomposition is only a special case of a much broader class of factorizations that allow for parametrizing arbitrary complex matrices in terms of diagonal matrices alternating with a fixed unitary matrix. Thus, we introduce a novel architecture for physically implementing discrete linear operations. The proposed architecture is built on representing an $N \times N$ matrix operator in terms of $N+1$ amplitude-and-phase modulation layers interlaced with a fixed unitary layer that could be implemented via a coupled waveguide array. The proposed architecture enables the development of novel families of programmable photonic circuits for on-chip analog information processing.
title Learning Arbitrary Complex Matrices by Interlacing Amplitude and Phase Masks with Fixed Unitary Operations
topic Optics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.05648