HiFi-MBQC High Fidelitiy Measurement-Based Quantum Computing using Superconducting Detectors

Abstract

The major achievement of this grant was the construction and setup of an array of superconducting nanowire single photondetectors (SNSPDs) which allowed support of quantum photonics experiments leading to 14 peer-reviewed publications.We installed and tested several SNSPDs in various configurations, moving toward four-element (four detectors per spot)assemblies achievable in the next year or so. Detector efficiencies varied from 70 to 90 , close to the current worldrecord of 93 at the target wavelength of 1.5 um. Experiments supported include first demonstration of blind quantum computing, experimental verification of quantum computers, experimental boson sampling, and several other areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 2016
Accession Number
AD1007708

Entities

People

  • Philip Walther

Organizations

  • University of Vienna

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Bosons
  • Computers
  • Demonstrations
  • Detectors
  • Efficiency
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Optics
  • Photons
  • Physics
  • Quantum Algorithms
  • Quantum Bits
  • Quantum Computers
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing