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Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

Simulating Universal Gaussian Circuits with Linear Optics

Levon Chakhmakhchyan, Nicolas J. Cerf

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We develop a universal procedure for simulating sampling from arbitrary non-linear photonic Gaussian circuit with passive linear optics only, provided two-mode squeezed vacuum states are available as a prior resource.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2019.s4d.1

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