Cluster State Quantum Computation

Abstract

This is the final report for the AFRL/RI in-house project Cluster State Quantum Computation. Under this project investigations were conducted which included: (i) the development and characterization of a new multipli-entangled photon source that increased the usable number of photon pairs by a factor of six over conventional entangled photon sources; (ii) design of multi-layer superconducting number-resolving photon detector, (iii) a theoretical and experimental investigation into the requirements of imperfect (non-unit fidelity) two-qubit linear optical photonic gates; (iv) a theoretical investigation of entanglement and nonlocality addressing the issue of why nature does not take advantage of the algebraically allowed maximum correlations amongst collections of qubits, and (v) a theoretical investigation into the a 2.25X more efficient means to generate linear cluster states. This latter investigation led to a patent for probabilistic cluster state generator, also discussed in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA595247

Entities

People

  • Gordon Lott
  • Michael Fanto
  • Paul M. Alsing

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics
  • Quantum Bits
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Mixing
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing