Polarization diverse fine resolution photonic spectral processor

We extend the functionality of our photonic spectral processor to operate over any input polarization state by introducing polarization diversity. Some of the expected and unexpected challenges are discussed, leading to ~1GHz resolution programmable filtering.

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