Multimode communication with programmable photonic integrated mesh

Minjia Chen¹,
Qixiang Cheng^{1, 2}

1.
Centre for Photonic Systems, Electrical Engineering Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FA, UK
2.
GlitterinTech Limited, Xuzhou, 221000, China

Funds: We would like to acknowledge the kind invitation and support from the PhotoniX editorial office, and helpful discussions with Prof. Jianji Dong.

摘要

Abstract: The programmable photonic integrated mesh is arising as a powerful tool to deal with crosstalk in the multimode optical communication link.

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