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Boson sampling is a key candidate for demonstrating quantum advantage, and has already yielded significant advances in quantum simulation, machine learning, and graph theory. In this work, a unification and extension of distinct forms of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Luca Bianchi , Carlo Marconi , Laura Ares , Davide Bacco , Jan Sperling

Boson sampling is considered as a strong candidate to demonstrate the quantum computational supremacy over classical computers. However, previous proof-of-principle experiments suffered from small photon number and low sampling rates owing…

Quantum computing experiments are moving into a new realm of increasing size and complexity, with the short-term goal of demonstrating an advantage over classical computers. Boson sampling is a promising platform for such a goal, however,…

The first post-classical computation will most probably be performed not on a universal quantum computer, but rather on a dedicated quantum hardware. A strong candidate for achieving this is represented by the task of sampling from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-06 Borja Peropadre , Gian Giacomo Guerreschi , Joonsuk Huh , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

The difficulty of validating large-scale quantum devices, such as Boson Samplers, poses a major challenge for any research program that aims to show quantum advantages over classical hardware. To address this problem, we propose a novel…

We pose a generalized Boson Sampling problem. Strong evidence exists that such a problem becomes intractable on a classical computer as a function of the number of Bosons. We describe a quantum optical processor that can solve this problem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-10 A. P. Lund , A. Laing , S. Rahimi-Keshari , T. Rudolph , J. L O'Brien , T. C. Ralph

Boson sampling has emerged as an important tool to demonstrate the difference between quantum and classical computers and has attracted the interest of experimentalists and theoreticians. In this work we study Boson sampling from general,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-27 Craig S. Hamilton , Igor Jex

In order to substantiate claims of quantum computational advantage, it is crucial to develop efficient methods for validating the experimental data. We propose a test of the correct functioning of a boson sampler with single-photon inputs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-25 Benoit Seron , Leonardo Novo , Alex Arkhipov , Nicolas J. Cerf

Boson sampling can provide strong evidence that the computational power of a quantum computer outperforms a classical one via currently feasible linear optics experiments. However, how to identify an actual boson sampling device against any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Kai Liu , Austin Lund , Yong-Jian Gu , Timothy Ralph

Particle indistinguishability is at the heart of quantum statistics that regulates fundamental phenomena such as the electronic band structure of solids, Bose-Einstein condensation and superconductivity. Moreover, it is necessary in…

Non-classical interference of photons lies at the heart of optical quantum information processing. This effect is exploited in universal quantum gates as well as in purpose-built quantum computers that solve the BosonSampling problem.…

Since the development of Boson sampling, there has been a quest to construct more efficient and experimentally feasible protocols to test the computational complexity of sampling from photonic states. In this paper we interpret and extend…

Boson sampling is a well-defined task that is strongly believed to be intractable for classical computers, but can be efficiently solved by a specific quantum simulator. However, an outstanding problem for large-scale experimental boson…

We generalize an approach for description of multi-photon experiments with multi-port unitary linear optical devices, initiated in \textit{Phys. Rev. A \textbf{89}, 022333 (2014)} for the case of single photons in mixed spectral states, to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-30 V. S. Shchesnovich

The commonly assumed straight link between boson bunching and particle indistinguishability in quantum interferometry has recently been challenged [Nat. Photon. 17, 702 (2023)]. Exploiting the connection between quantum optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-01 Léo Pioge , Benoit Seron , Leonardo Novo , Nicolas J. Cerf

A reliable source of identical (indistinguishable) photons is a prerequisite for exploiting interference effects, which is a necessary component for linear optical based quantum computing, and applications thereof such as Boson sampling.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-18 Jeffrey Marshall

The first quantum technologies to solve computational problems that are beyond the capabilities of classical computers are likely to be devices that exploit characteristics inherent to a particular physical system, to tackle a bespoke…

Boson sampling has been theoretically proposed and experimentally demonstrated to show quantum computational advantages. However, it still lacks the deep understanding of the practical applications of boson sampling. Here we propose that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-10 Wen-Qiang Liu , Zhang-qi Yin

The search for new, application-specific quantum computers designed to outperform any classical computer is driven by the ending of Moore's law and the quantum advantages potentially obtainable. Photonic networks are promising examples,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-10 Bogdan Opanchuk , Laura Rosales-Zarate , Margaret D Reid , Peter D Drummond

Photon distinguishability is a key factor limiting quantum interference in photonic devices, directly impacting the performance of protocols such as Boson Sampling and photonic quantum computing. We present a basis-independent framework for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Emilio Annoni , Stephen C. Wein