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Effect of Losses on the Performance of an SU(1,1) Interferometer

June 4, 2012
Author(s)
Alberto M. Marino, Neil V. Corzo Trejo, Paul D. Lett
We study the effect of losses on the phase sensitivity of the SU(1,1) interferometer for different configurations. We find that this type of interferometer is robust against losses that result from an inefficient detection system. This type of loss only

Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Field Theories

June 1, 2012
Author(s)
Stephen P. Jordan, Keith S. Lee, John Preskill
Quantum field theory reconciles quantum mechanics and special relativity, and plays a central role in many areas of physics. We develop a quantum algorithm to compute relativistic scattering probabilities in a massive quantum field theory with quartic self

The Peierls Substitution in an Engineered Lattice Potential

May 29, 2012
Author(s)
Karina K. Jimenez Garcia, Lindsay J. LeBlanc, Ross A. Williams, Matthew C. Beeler, Abigail R. Perry, Ian B. Spielman
Artificial gauge fields open new possibilities to realize quantum many-body systems with ultracold atoms, by constructing Hamiltonians usually associated with electronic systems. In the presence of a periodic potential, artificial gauge fields may bring

LDPC for QKD Reconcilation

May 22, 2012
Author(s)
Alan Mink, Anastase Nakassis
We present the Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) forward error correction algorithm adapted for the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocol in a form readily applied by developers. A sparse parity check matrix is required for the LDPC algorithm and we

Extending single-photon optimized superconducting transition edge sensors beyond the single-photon counting regime

May 6, 2012
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Brice R. Calkins, Nathan A. Tomlin, Adriana E. Lita, Alan L. Migdall, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We illuminate a photon-number-resolving transition edge sensor with strong pulses of light containing up to 6.7 million photons (0.85 pJ per pulse). These bright pulses heat the sensor far beyond its transition edge into the normal resistance regime. We

On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecom-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing

May 6, 2012
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Nick Thomas-Peter, James Gates, Adriana E. Lita, Benjamin Metcalf, Brice R. Calkins, Nathan A. Tomlin, Anna E. Fox, Antia A. Lamas-Linares, Justin Spring, Nathan Langford, Richard P. Mirin, Peter Smith, Ian Walmsley, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate an integrated photon-number resolving detector, operating in the telecom band at 1550 nm, employing an evanescently coupled design that allows the detector to be placed at arbitrary locations within a planar optical circuit. Up to 5 photons

Magic-state distillation with the four-qubit code

April 20, 2012
Author(s)
Adam M. Meier, Bryan K. Eastin, Emanuel H. Knill
The distillation of magic states is an often-cited technique for enabling universal quantum computing once the error rate for a special subset of gates has been made negligible by other means. We present a routine for magic-state distillation that reduces

Quantum interference between two single photons of different microwave frequencies

April 20, 2012
Author(s)
Francois E. Nguyen, Eva A. Zakka-Bajjani, Jose A. Aumentado, Raymond W. Simmonds
Quantum interference is an important tool for fields such as lithography, metrology and quantum processing. Two identical optical photons (photons with the same wavelength and polarization) simultaneously sent through the two input ports of a semi

Single-photon and photon-number-resolving detectors

April 20, 2012
Author(s)
Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Mark Itzler
Several important advances were reported in single-photon detectors and photon-number-resolving detectors in 2011. New materials with smaller superconducting gaps were demonstrated for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) that led to

Entangled-state synthesis for superconducting resonators

February 27, 2012
Author(s)
Raymond W. Simmonds, Frederick W. Strauch, Kurt Jacobs, Douglas Onyango
We present a theoretical analysis of methods to synthesize entangled states of two superconducting resonators. These methods use experimentally demonstrated interactions of resonators with artificial atoms and offer efficient routes to generate

An atomic interface between microwave and optical photons

February 22, 2012
Author(s)
Mohammad Hafezi, Zaeill Kim, Steven L. Rolston, Luis A. Orozco, Benjamin Lev, Jacob M. Taylor
A complete physical approach to quantum information requires a robust interface among flying qubits, long-lifetime memory and computational qubits. Here we present a unified interface for microwave and optical photons, potentially connecting engineerable

Optimization and analysis of code-division multiplexed TES microcalorimeters

January 20, 2012
Author(s)
Joseph W. Fowler, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Daniel R. Schmidt, Greg Stiehl, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale
We are developing code-division multiplexing (CDM) readout systems for TES arrays for good scalability to large multiplexing factors. We report high energy resolution x-ray measurements made through four-channel CDM that employ a flux-summing architecture

Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition-edge sensors

January 10, 2012
Author(s)
Devin H. Smith, Marcelo de Almeida, Gillett Geoff, Branciard Cyril, Allesandro Fedrizzi, Weinhold J. Till, Adriana Lita, Brice R. Calkins, Thomas Gerrits, Wiseman H, Sae Woo Nam, Andrew G. White
Quantum steering allows two parties to verify shared entanglement even if one measurement device is untrusted. A conclusive demonstration of steering through the violation of a steering inequality is of considerable fundamental interest and opens up

Asymptotically Optimal Confidences for Rejecting Local Realism

December 22, 2011
Author(s)
Yanbao Zhang, Scott Glancy, Emanuel Knill
Reliable experimental demonstrations of violations of local realism are highly desirable for fundamental tests of Quantum Mechanics. Such violations can be quantified in terms of a confidence for rejecting local realism. We propose a method for computing

M-ary state phase-shift keying discrimination below the homodyne limit

December 22, 2011
Author(s)
Francisco E. Becerra Chavez, Jingyun Fan, Gerald Baumgartner, Sergey V. Polyakov, Julius Goldhar, Jonathan Kosloski, Alan L. Migdall
We investigate a strategy for M-ary discrimination of nonorthogonal phase states with error rates below the homodyne limit. This strategy uses feed forward to update a reference field and Signal nulling for the state discrimination. We experimentally

Higher-order photon correlations in pulsed photonic crystal nanolasers

December 16, 2011
Author(s)
D. Elvira, X. Hachair, Varun Verma, R. Braive, G. Beaudoin, I. Robert-Philip, I. Sagnes, Burm Baek, Sae Woo Nam, E Dauler, I. Abram, Martin Stevens, A. Beveratos
We report on the higher-order photon correlations of a high-Β nanolaser under pulsed excitation at room temperature. Using a multiplexed four-element superconducting single-photon detector we measured g (n)(0) with n = 2,3,4. All orders of correlation

Universal Low-rank Matrix Recovery from Pauli Measurements

December 12, 2011
Author(s)
Yi-Kai Liu
We study the problem of reconstructing an unknown matrix M of rank r and dimension d using O(rd poly log d) Pauli measurements. This has applications in quantum state tomography, and is a non- commutative analogue of a well-known problem in compressed

On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing

December 5, 2011
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Nick Thomas-Peter, James Gates, Adriana E. Lita, Benjamin Metcalf, Brice R. Calkins, Nathan A. Tomlin, Anna E. Fox, Antia A. Lamas-Linares, Justin Spring, Nathan Langford, Richard P. Mirin, Peter Smith, Ian Walmsley, Sae Woo Nam
Integration is currently the only feasible route towards scalable photonic quantum processing devices which are sufficiently complex to be genuinely useful in computing, metrology, and simulation. Embedded on-chip detection will be critical to such devices

QCMA with One-sided Error Equals QCMA with Two-sided Error

November 30, 2011
Author(s)
Stephen P. Jordan, Daniel Nagaj
QCMA is the set of decision problems such that if the answer is yes, there exists a classical bitstring, or proof, that can be efficiently verified by a quantum computer. The verifier is allowed a small probability of rejecting a valid proof or accepting

Generation and characterization of high-purity, pulsed squeezed light at telecom wavelengths from pp-KTP

November 15, 2011
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin, Robert Hadfield, Ryan Bennink, Warren Grice, Sander N. Dorenbos, Tony Zijlstra, Teun Klapwijk, Val Zwiller
We characterize a pp-KTP crystal designed to produce pure single mode squeezed vacuum at 1570 nm. Measurements show a raw (corrected) Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with 86 % (90 %) visibility and a circular joint spectral probability distribution with a
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