Quantum noise eater for a single photonic qubit

We propose a quantum noise eater for a single qubit and experimentally verify its performance for recovery of a superposition carried by a dual-rail photonic qubit. We consider a case when only one of the rails (e.g. one of interferometric arms) is vulnerable to noise. A coherent but randomly arrivi...

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Main Authors: Miroslav Gavenda, Lucie Čelechovská, Miloslav Dušek, Radim Filip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/083050
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description We propose a quantum noise eater for a single qubit and experimentally verify its performance for recovery of a superposition carried by a dual-rail photonic qubit. We consider a case when only one of the rails (e.g. one of interferometric arms) is vulnerable to noise. A coherent but randomly arriving photon penetrating into this single rail causes a change of its state, which results in an error in a subsequent quantum information processing. We theoretically prove and experimentally demonstrate a conditional full recovery of the superposition by this quantum noise eater.
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spelling doaj.art-535927f795164d5c8cf278327490cfe72023-08-08T11:28:54ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302013-01-0115808305010.1088/1367-2630/15/8/083050Quantum noise eater for a single photonic qubitMiroslav Gavenda0Lucie Čelechovská1Miloslav Dušek2Radim Filip3Department of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University , 17 Listopadu 1192/12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech RepublicDepartment of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University , 17 Listopadu 1192/12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech RepublicDepartment of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University , 17 Listopadu 1192/12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech RepublicDepartment of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University , 17 Listopadu 1192/12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech RepublicWe propose a quantum noise eater for a single qubit and experimentally verify its performance for recovery of a superposition carried by a dual-rail photonic qubit. We consider a case when only one of the rails (e.g. one of interferometric arms) is vulnerable to noise. A coherent but randomly arriving photon penetrating into this single rail causes a change of its state, which results in an error in a subsequent quantum information processing. We theoretically prove and experimentally demonstrate a conditional full recovery of the superposition by this quantum noise eater.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/083050
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Radim Filip
Quantum noise eater for a single photonic qubit
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