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Using coherent states in optical quantum process tomography is a practically-relevant approach. Here, we develop a framework for complete characterization of quantum-optical processes in terms of normally-ordered moments by using coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-11 M. Ghalaii , A. T. Rezakhani

The realization of robust universal quantum computation with any platform ultimately requires both the coherent storage of quantum information and (at least) one entangling operation between individual elements. The use of…

Nonclassical states of light and their correlations lie at the heart of quantum optics, serving as fundamental resources that underpin both the exploration of quantum phenomena and the realisation of quantum information protocols. These…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Jhoan Eusse , Esteban Vasquez , Tom Rivlin , Elizabeth Agudelo

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

The parameters of a quantum system grow exponentially with the number of involved quantum particles. Hence, the associated memory requirement goes well beyond the limit of best classic computers for quantum systems composed of a few dozen…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Jakob S. Kottmann , Mario Krenn , Thi Ha Kyaw , Sumner Alperin-Lea , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

One of the core questions of quantum physics is how to reconcile the unitary evolution of quantum states, which is information-preserving and time-reversible, with evolution following the second law of thermodynamics, which, in general, is…

Implementing a qubit quantum computer in continuous-variable systems conventionally requires the engineering of specific interactions according to the encoding basis states. In this work, we present a unified formalism to conduct universal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-06 Hoi-Kwan Lau , Martin B. Plenio

The promise of universal quantum computing requires scalable single- and inter-qubit control interactions. Currently, three of the leading candidate platforms for quantum computing are based on superconducting circuits, trapped ions, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-02 Eun Oh , Xuanying Lai , Jianming Wen , Shengwang Du

Bosonic systems offer unique advantages for quantum error correction, as a single bosonic mode provides a large Hilbert space to redundantly encode quantum information. However, previous studies have been limited to exploiting symmetries in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Dong-Long Hu , Weizhou Cai , Chang-Ling Zou , Ze-Liang Xiang

We propose a novel method for image representation in quantum computers, which uses the two-dimensional (2-D) quantum states to locate each pixel in an image through row-location and column-location vectors for identifying each pixel…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2015-07-20 Madhur Srivastava , Subhayan R. Moulick , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

Quantum optical neural networks (QONNs) enable information processing beyond classical limits by exploiting the advantages of classical and quantum optics. However, simulation of large-scale bosonic lattices remains a significant challenge…

We provide a graphical method to describe and analyze non-Gaussian quantum states using a hypergraph framework. These states are pivotal resources for quantum computing, communication, and metrology, but their characterization is hindered…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-28 Lina Vandré , Boxuan Jing , Yu Xiang , Otfried Gühne , Qiongyi He

As a cornerstone of automated reasoning, equational reasoning finds equivalences between symbolic expressions and fuels advances across scientific disciplines. Yet, its potential remains limited by the exponential growth of equivalent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Davide Rattacaso , Daniel Jaschke , Marco Ballarin , Ilaria Siloi , Simone Montangero

Quantum entanglement is the quintessence of quantum information processing mostly limited to the microscopic regime governed by Heisenberg uncertainty principle. For practical applications, however, macroscopic entanglement gives great…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Byoung S. Ham

The fluctuations or disordered motion of the electromagnetic fields are described by statistical properties rather than instantaneous values. This statistical description of the optical fields is underlying in the Stokes-Mueller formalism…

We present a fully digital approach for simulating single-mode squeezed states on a superconducting quantum processor using an enhanced bosonic encoding strategy. By mapping up to 2^{n} photonic Fock states onto n qubits, our framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Hengyue Li , Yusheng Yang , Zhe-Hui Wang , Shuxin Xie , Zilong Zha , Hantao Sun , Jie Chen , Jian Sun , Shenggang Ying

This article reviews recent hybrid approaches to optical quantum information processing, in which both discrete and continuous degrees of freedom are exploited. There are well-known limitations to optical single-photon-based qubit and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-26 Peter van Loock

We introduce a novel strategy, based on the use of modular variables, to encode and deterministically process quantum information using states described by continuous variables. Our formalism leads to a general recipe to adapt existing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-26 A. Ketterer , S. P. Walborn , A. Keller , T. Coudreau , P. Milman

We demonstrate that a tensor product structure and optical analogy of quantum entanglement can be obtained by introducing pseudorandom phase sequences into classical fields with two orthogonal modes. Using the classical analogy, we discuss…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-27 Jian Fu , Xutai Ma , Wenjiang Li , Shuo Sun

While 2-level systems, aka qubits, are a natural choice to perform a logical quantum computation, the situation is less clear at the physical level. Encoding information in higher-dimensional physical systems can indeed provide a first…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Anthony Leverrier