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Efficient Boson Sampling Schemes using Dispersion and Pulse Shaping

Mihir Pant, Dirk Englund

Published Jan 1, 2015• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present Boson Sampling schemes in the time-frequency basis that allow for more modes, fewer sources and detectors and are more tolerant to temporal mismatch than Boson Sampling schemes using photons in many spatial modes.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2015.ftu4a.7

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