Direct dialling of Haar random unitary matrices

Random unitary matrices find a number of applications in quantum information science, and are central to the recently defined boson sampling algorithm for photons in linear optics. We describe an operationally simple method to directly implement Haar random unitary matrices in optical circuits, with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicholas J Russell, Levon Chakhmakhchyan, Jeremy L O’Brien, Anthony Laing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa60ed