Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Quantum computing with 20 photons in 60 modes

Chao‐Yang Lu

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations

Abstract

We resonantly excite a single quantum dot coupled to a polarized microcavity to create single photons with high efficiency, purity, and indistinguishability simultaneously. We inject 20 photons into a 60-mode interferometer to perform boson sampling at a Hilbert space size of 10×14.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2020.jm4g.4

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