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Mathematics Department Técnico Técnico

Quantum Computation and Information Seminar  RSS

Sessions

21/11/2014, 14:00 — 15:00 — Room P9, Mathematics Building
, Università di Roma La Sapienza

Quantum simulation with integrated photonics

Integrated photonics circuits have a strong potential to perform quantum information processing. Indeed, the ability to manipulate quantum states of light by integrated devices may open new perspectives both for fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and for novel technological applications. Within this framework we have developed a directional coupler, fabricated by femtosecond laser waveguide writing, acting as an integrated beam splitter able to support polarization-encoded qubits. As following step we addressed the implementation of quantum walk. This represents one of the most promising resources for the simulation of physical quantum systems, and has also emerged as an alternative to the standard circuit model for quantum computing. Up to now the experimental implementations have been restricted to single particle quantum walk, while very recently the quantum walks of two identical phot ons have been reported. For the first time, we investigated how the particle statistics, either bosonic or fermionic, influences a two-particle discrete quantum walk. Such experiment has been realized by adopting two-photon entangled states and integrated photonic circuits. As following step we have exploited this technology to simulate the evolution for disordered quantum systems observing how the particle statistics influences Anderson localization. Finally we will discuss the perspectives of optical quantum simulation: the implementation of the boson sampling to demonstrate the computational capability of quantum systems and the development of integrated architecture with three-dimensional geometries.

Supported by: Phys-Info (IT), SQIG (IT), CeFEMA and CAMGSD, with funding from FCT, FEDER and EU FP7, specifically through the Doctoral Programme in the Physics and Mathematics of Information (DP-PMI), FCT strategic projects PEst-OE/EEI/LA0008/2013 and UID/EEA/50008/2013, IT project QuSim, project CRUP-CPU CQVibes, the FP7 Coordination Action QUTE-EUROPE (600788), and the FP7 projects Landauer (GA 318287) and PAPETS (323901).

 

Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesCAMGSDFCT7th Framework Programme