Our study demonstrates successful error mitigation of indistinguishably-related noise in a quantum photonic processor through the application of the zero-noise extrapolation (ZNE) technique. By measuring observable values at different error levels, we were able to extrapolate toward a noise-free regime. We examined the impact of partial distinguishability of photons in a two-qubit processor implementing the variational quantum eigensolver for a Schwinger Hamiltonian.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe decomposition of large unitary matrices into smaller ones is important because it provides ways to the realization of classical and quantum information processing schemes. Today, most of the methods use planar meshes of tunable two-channel blocks; however, the schemes turn out to be sensitive to fabrication errors. We study a novel decomposition method based on multichannel blocks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntegrated optical waveguides, manufactured with femtosecond laser writing (FSLW) technology, enable precise control and manipulation of light in complicated photonic chips. However, due to the intrinsically low anisotropy of FSLW waveguides, polarizing integrated devices have had a relatively large footprint. In this Letter, we demonstrate an approach based on stress-induced anisotropy, allowing us to decrease the size of polarizing directional couplers down to 3.
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January 2017
Spatial states of single photons and spatially entangled photon pairs are becoming an important resource in quantum communication. This additional degree of freedom provides an almost unlimited information capacity, making the development of high-quality sources of spatial entanglement a well-motivated research direction. We report an experimental method for generation of photon pairs in a maximally entangled spatial state.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransformation and detection of photons in higher-order spatial modes usually requires complicated holographic techniques. Detectors based on spatial holograms suffer from non-idealities and should be carefully calibrated. We report a novel method for analyzing the quality of projective measurements in spatial mode basis inspired by quantum detector tomography.
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