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Frontiers in Optics

Effects of conditioned losses in two-photon quantum walks

Federico Pegoraro, Philp Held, Sonja Barkhofen, Benjamin Brecht, Christine Silberhorn

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally study the impact of conditioned losses on the evolution of an integrated two-photon quantum walk. Well-localized losses change the output distribution of the walk, but do not alter its asymptotic ballistic spreading.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2022.jw4a.35

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