Optical quantum computing with photons of arbitrarily low fidelity and purity
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 2012, 86 (5)
- Issue Date:
- 2012-11-19
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Linear optics quantum computing (LOQC) is a leading candidate for the implementation of large scale quantum computers. Here quantum information is encoded into the quantum states of light and computation proceeds via a linear optics network. It is well known that in such schemes there are stringent requirements on the spatiotemporal structure of photons-they must be completely indistinguishable and of very high purity. We show that in the boson-sampling model for LOQC these conditions may be significantly relaxed. We present evidence that by increasing the size of the system we can implement a computationally hard algorithm even if our photons have arbitrarily low fidelity and purity. These relaxed conditions may make boson-sampling LOQC within reach of present-day technology. © 2012 American Physical Society.
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