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Optical NP problem solver on laser-written waveguide platform

Optical NP problem solver on laser-written waveguide platform
Optical NP problem solver on laser-written waveguide platform
Cognitive photonic networks are researched to efficiently solve computationally hard problems. Flexible fabrication techniques for the implementation of such networks into compact and scalable chips are desirable for the study of new optical computing schemes and algorithm optimization. Here we demonstrate a femtosecond laser-written optical oracle based on cascaded directional couplers in glass, for the solution of the Hamiltonian path problem. By interrogating the integrated photonic chip with ultrashort laser pulses, we were able to distinguish the different paths traveled by light pulses, and thus infer the existence or the absence of the Hamiltonian path in the network by using an optical correlator. This work proves that graph theory problems may be easily implemented in integrated photonic networks, down scaling the net size and speeding up execution times.
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Ramos Vazquez, Maria, Bharadwaj, Vibhav, Sotillo, Belen, Lo, Shu-Zee A., Ramponi, Roberta, Zheludev, Nikolay I., Lanzani, Guglielmo, Eaton, Shane M. and Soci, Cesare (2018) Optical NP problem solver on laser-written waveguide platform. Optics Express, 26 (2), 702-710. (doi:10.1364/OE.26.000702).

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Cognitive photonic networks are researched to efficiently solve computationally hard problems. Flexible fabrication techniques for the implementation of such networks into compact and scalable chips are desirable for the study of new optical computing schemes and algorithm optimization. Here we demonstrate a femtosecond laser-written optical oracle based on cascaded directional couplers in glass, for the solution of the Hamiltonian path problem. By interrogating the integrated photonic chip with ultrashort laser pulses, we were able to distinguish the different paths traveled by light pulses, and thus infer the existence or the absence of the Hamiltonian path in the network by using an optical correlator. This work proves that graph theory problems may be easily implemented in integrated photonic networks, down scaling the net size and speeding up execution times.

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 November 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 January 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 416012
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/416012
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 18782ae9-d0a3-4a1c-869d-5407053ad853
ORCID for Nikolay I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 30 Nov 2017 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:59

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Author: Maria Ramos Vazquez
Author: Vibhav Bharadwaj
Author: Belen Sotillo
Author: Shu-Zee A. Lo
Author: Roberta Ramponi
Author: Nikolay I. Zheludev ORCID iD
Author: Guglielmo Lanzani
Author: Shane M. Eaton
Author: Cesare Soci

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