Mode-tunable inter-core coupling of photon-number-resolved quantum light in a telecom multicore fiber

arXiv:2610.03493 · quant-ph, physics.optics · Submitted 2026-10-02 · Read on arXiv

quant-ph, physics.optics

Submitted: 2026-10-02

Updated: 2026-10-02

Comments: 16 pages, 7 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

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Sources

• Optical Mode Control, Switching and Shaping In Few Mode Fiber Using a Fiber Piano
• Modal division multiplexing of quantum and classical signals in few-mode fibers
• Sub-picosecond inter-core skew characterization in multicore fibers via Hong--Ou--Mandel interference

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