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Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

Experimental enhancement of non-classical bosonic correlations via disordered Quantum Walk

Alessandro Laneve, Farzam Nosrati, Andrea Geraldi, Kobra Mahdavipour, Federico Pegoraro, Mahshid Khazaei Shadfar, Rosario Lo Franco, Paolo Mataloni

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally implemented a controllable inhomogenous Quantum Walk evolution of two photon states. Through the imposition of suitable disorder configurations, we observed an enhance-ment in quantum correlations of the system, compared to the ordered case.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2021.f1c.4

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