Programmable Integrated Photonics

This is the first comprehensive, self-contained introduction to the emergent field of Programmable Integrated Photonics.

It covers theoretical and practical aspects ranging from basic technologies and the building of photonic component blocks, to design alternatives and principles of complex programmable photonic circuits, and their applications.

1 Introduction; 2 Basic Building Blocks; 3 Reconfigurable Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits; 4 Integrated Multiport Interferometers; 5 Integrated Waveguide Meshes; 6 Practical Implementation of programable photonic circuits; 7 Applications in Quantum systems; 8 Applications in Classical systems; 9 Field Programmable Photonic Gate Arrays