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Frontiers in Optics

Device-Aware Quantum Photonic Simulator for Gaussian States

Christian Carver, Austen Probst, Benjamin Arnesen, Benjamin Fisher, Tyler Stowell, Ryan M. Camacho

Published Jan 1, 2022• 2 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate the ability to simulate Gaussian quantum photonic circuits using compact models of real devices and open-source PIC simulation tools. This allows rapid iteration of integrated quantum photonic circuit designs before fabrication.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2022.jtu4a.32

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