Universal linear optics
From MaRDI portal
Abstract: Linear optics underpins tests of fundamental quantum mechanics and computer science, as well as quantum technologies. Here we experimentally demonstrate the longstanding goal of a single reprogrammable optical circuit that is sufficient to implement all possible linear optical protocols up to the size of that circuit. Our six-mode universal system consists of a cascade of 15 Mach-Zehnder interferometers with 30 thermo-optic phase shifters integrated into a single photonic chip that is electrically and optically interfaced for arbitrary setting of all phase shifters, input of up to six photons and their measurement with a 12 single-photon detector system. We programmed this system to implement heralded quantum logic and entangling gates, boson sampling with verification tests, and six-dimensional complex Hadamards. We implemented 100 Haar random unitaries with average fidelity 0.999 0.001. Our system is capable of switching between these and any other linear optical protocol in seconds. These results point the way to applications across fundamental science and quantum technologies.
Recommendations
Cited in
(29)- Thermooptic two-mode interference device for reconfigurable quantum optic circuits
- Quantum measurement classification with qudits
- Universal quantum gates for path photonic qubit
- Convergence rates for the quantum central limit theorem
- Alternative scheme of universal optical programmable multi-qubit gates for polarization qubits
- Optimal approximation to unitary quantum operators with linear optics
- QUANTUM OPTICS NETWORKS, UNITARY OPERATORS AND COMPUTER ALGEBRA
- Quantum de Moivre–Laplace theorem for noninteracting indistinguishable particles in random networks
- Orbital angular momentum of photons and the entanglement of Laguerre-Gaussian modes
- Majorization and the time complexity of linear optical networks
- Statistical benchmark for bosonsampling
- Finite-key security analysis for multilevel quantum key distribution
- A search algorithm for quantum state engineering and metrology
- Towards quantum supremacy with lossy scattershot boson sampling
- Stability of quantum linear logic circuits against perturbations
- Unitary matrix decompositions for optimal and modular linear optics architectures
- The roles of Kerr nonlinearity in a bosonic quantum neural network
- Creating and concentrating quantum resource states in noisy environments using a quantum neural network
- \texttt{QOptCraft}: a python package for the design and study of linear optical quantum systems
- Relative multiplexing for minimising switching in linear-optical quantum computing
- Commuting quantum circuits and complexity of Ising partition functions
- Direct dialling of Haar random unitary matrices
- Controllable storage and retrieval of temporal vector optical solitons in semiconductor double quantum dots by inter-dot tunneling coupling effect
- Families of bosonic suppression laws beyond the permutation symmetry principle
- Hadamard gate in non-equilibrium conditions under parity defined in the Wigner algebra
- Finding eigenvectors with a quantum variational algorithm
- The qubit information logic theory for understanding multi-qubit entanglement and designing exotic entangled states
- Photon-loss effects on the efficiency of quantum linear-optical gates and cluster states
- Entangled qutrit states from simple graphs
This page was built for publication: Universal linear optics
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2961813)
