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Frontiers in Optics

Demonstration of a loop-based single-mode photonic quantum processor for general-purpose applications

Yutaro Enomoto, Kazuma Yonezu, Yosuke Mitsuhashi, Kan Takase, Shuntaro Takeda

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

We develop a loop-based single-mode photonic quantum processor and demonstrate its gate operations. Showing its programmability, scalability, and potential universality, the results indicate our processor is suitable for general-purpose applications.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2021.fm1c.3

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