A two-qubit photonic quantum processor and its application to solving systems of linear equations

Author(s)
Stefanie Barz, Ivan Kassal, Martin Ringbauer, Yannick Ole Lipp, Borivoje Dakic, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Philip Walther
Abstract

Large-scale quantum computers will require the ability to apply long sequences of entangling gates to many qubits. In a photonic architecture, where single-qubit gates can be performed easily and precisely, the application of consecutive two-qubit entangling gates has been a significant obstacle. Here, we demonstrate a two-qubit photonic quantum processor that implements two consecutive CNOT gates on the same pair of polarisation-encoded qubits. To demonstrate the flexibility of our system, we implement various instances of the quantum algorithm for solving of systems of linear equations.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Harvard University, University of Queensland
Journal
Scientific Reports
Volume
4
No. of pages
5
ISSN
2045-2322
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep06115
Publication date
08-2014
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103025 Quantum mechanics, 103019 Mathematical physics
Keywords
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/362dee14-8c3e-493a-a459-56acf0731385