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The Review of Laser Engineering

Recent Progress in Quantum Optics. Realization of Quantum Computers Using Photons.

Shigeki Takeuchi

Published Jan 1, 2000• 0 citations
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Abstract

A quantum computation algorithm is demonstrated using single photons and linear optics. Quantum registers are realized by modes and polarization of photons, and the unitary transformations for them are implemented with linear optics. For each quantum computation, the answer to the Deutsch Jozsa problem for any 4 bit digit is given by a single-photon detection signal with a small error rate. The origin of the error is also studied and categorized according to the sources: systematic errors of quantum gates, phase relaxation, amplitude dumping, and misreadout. It is suspected that a demonstration of 11 qubits using linear optics anda single photon with less than a 20 % error rate is achievable by the technique used in the experiment. As a further objective, an idea to construct controlled-NOT gate using quantum phase gate (QPG) given by Chuang et. al., is introduced and experiments on the QPGs are also reviewed.

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10.2184/lsj.28.671

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The origin of errors in quantum computation implemented by linear optics is studied. The systematic errors of quantum gates, phase relaxation, amplitude dumping, and misreadout are considered as error sources, and the errors which occurred in a four-bit Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm experiment are categorized according to the sources. The increase in the error rate with the expansion of the input size in the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm is also studied and it was found that the demonstration of 11 qubits using linear optics and a single photon with less than a 20% error rate is achievable by the technique used in the experiment.
One of the main problems that optical quantum computing has to overcome is the efficient construction of two-photon gates. Theoretically these gates can be realized using Kerr-nonlinearities, but the techniques involved are experimentally very difficult. We therefore employ linear optics with projective measurements to generate these non-linearities. The downside is that the measurement-induced nonlinearities achieved with linear optics are less versatile and the success rate can be quite low. This project is mainly the result of a literature study but also a theoretical work on the physics behind quantum optical multiports which is essential for realizing two-photon gates. By applying different postcorrection techniques we increase the probability of success in a modifed non-linear sign shift gate which is foundational for the two photon controlled-NOT gate. We prove that it's not possible to correct the states by only using a single beam splitter. We show that it might be possible to increase the probability of success using a more complex setup with at least two error-correcting beam splitters.
Probabilistic quantum logic operations can be performed using linear optical elements and post-selection based on the results of measurements on ancilla photons. We review the results of a number of recent experiments in this area, including the demonstration of several quantum logic gates, the use of feed-forward control, a new source of single photons, and a quantum memory device for single photons. A high-fidelity approach in which the logic gates always produce an output will also be discussed.
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