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Graph states are central resources for quantum information processing, supporting applications in computation, communication, and error correction. In photonic systems, they are typically assembled from smaller entangled states using…

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Bi-partite entanglement in multi-qubit systems cannot be shared freely. The rules of quantum mechanics impose bounds on how multi-qubit systems can be correlated. In this paper we utilize a concept of entangled graphs with weighted edges in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Martin Plesch , Jaroslav Novotny , Zuzana Dzurakova , Vladimir Buzek

Graph states -- one of the most representative families of multipartite entangled states, are important resources for multiparty quantum communication, quantum error correction, and quantum computation. Device-independent certification of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Jia-Min Xu , Qing Zhou , Yu-Xiang Yang , Zi-Mo Cheng , Xin-Yu Xu , Zhi-Cheng Ren , Xi-Lin Wang , Hui-Tian Wang

Any quantum algorithm can be implemented by an adaptive sequence of single node measurements on an entangled cluster of qubits in a square lattice topology. Photons are a promising candidate for encoding qubits but assembling a photonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-16 Mihir Pant , Don Towsley , Dirk Englund , Saikat Guha

We theoretically demonstrate a method for producing the maximally path-entangled state (1/Sqrt[2]) (|N,0> + exp[iN phi] |0,N>) using intensity-symmetric multiport beamsplitters, single photon inputs, and either photon-counting postselection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. J. Pryde , A. G. White

We propose the use of collective states of matter as a resource for the deterministic generation of quantum states of light, which are fundamental for quantum information technologies. Our minimal model consists of three emitters coupled to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Oriol Rubies-Bigorda , Stuart J. Masson , Susanne F. Yelin , Ana Asenjo-Garcia

The heralded generation of entangled states underpins many photonic quantum technologies. As quantum error correction thresholds are determined by underlying physical noise mechanisms, a detailed and faithful characterization of resource…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-16 Reece D. Shaw , Alex E. Jones , Patrick Yard , Anthony Laing

Quantum entanglement is at the heart of quantum information sciences and quantum technologies. In the optical domain, the most common type of quantum entanglement is polarization entanglement, which is usually created in a postselection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-27 Dat Thanh Le , Warit Asavanant , Nguyen Ba An

Quantum graph state is a special class of nonlocal state among multiple quantum particles, underpinning several nonclassical and promising applications such as quantum computing and quantum secret sharing. Recently, establishing quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Tingxiang Ji , Jianqing Liu , Zheshen Zhang

Multi-qubit entangled photonic graph states are an important ingredient for all-photonic quantum computing, repeaters and networking. Preparing them using probabilistic stitching of single photons using linear optics presents a formidable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Eneet Kaur , Ashlesha Patil , Saikat Guha

We propose and analyze deterministic protocols to generate qudit photonic graph states from quantum emitters. We show that our approach can be applied to generate any qudit graph state, and we exemplify it by constructing protocols to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-05 Zahra Raissi , Edwin Barnes , Sophia E. Economou

We experimentally characterize a quantum photonic gate that is capable of converting multiqubit entangled states while acting only on two qubits. It is an important tool in large quantum networks, where it can be used for re-wiring of…

We introduce a class of mixed multiqubit states, that corresponds to a randomized version of graph states. Such states arise when a graph state is prepared with noisy or imperfect controlled-Z gates. We study the entanglement features of…

Multiphoton entanglement, as a quantum resource, plays an essential role in linear optical quantum information processing. Krenn et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 080401 2017) proposed an innovative scheme that generating entanglement by path…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-09 Tianfeng Feng , Xiaoqian Zhang , Yuling Tian , Qin Feng

The postselection technique is an important proof technique for proving the security of quantum key distribution protocols against coherent attacks. In this work, we go through multiple steps to rigorously apply the postselection technique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-31 Shlok Nahar , Devashish Tupkary , Yuming Zhao , Norbert Lütkenhaus , Ernest Y. -Z. Tan

Top-performance sources of photonic entanglement are an indispensable resource for many applications in quantum communication, most notably quantum key distribution. However, up to now, no source has been shown to simultaneously exhibit the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-03 Sebastian Philipp Neumann , Mirela Selimovic , Martin Bohmann , Rupert Ursin

Indistinguishability of identical particles is a resource for quantum information processing and has been utilized to generate entanglement from independent particles that spatially overlap only at the detection stage. Here we provide a…

We describe several different methods for generating the entangled ancilla states that are required for linear optics quantum computing. We show that post-selection can be used in combination with linear optical elements to generate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. D. Franson , M. M. Donegan , B. C. Jacobs

We propose a fruitful scheme for exploring multiphoton entangled states based on linear optics and weak nonlinearities. Compared with the previous schemes the present method is more feasible because there are only small phase shifts instead…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-02 Yingqiu He , Dong Ding , Fengli Yan , Ting Gao

Photonic graph states, quantum light states where multiple photons are mutually entangled, are key resources for optical quantum technologies. They are notably at the core of error-corrected measurement-based optical quantum computing and…