Four-channel interferometry with a zig-zag array of mid-infrared integrated waveguides

We present the laboratory characterisation of the first working, mid-infrared, integrated optics, 4-channel interferometric beam combiner based on the properties of two-dimensional arrays of evanescently coupled waveguides. Potential applications of the component to astronomy, biology and quantum optics are proposed and discussed.

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