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ArticleNature photonics2025

Quantum state processing through controllable synthetic temporal photonic lattices.

Monika Monika, Farzam Nosrati, Agnes George, Stefania Sciara, Riza Fazili, André Luiz Marques Muniz, Arstan Bisianov, Rosario Lo Franco, William J Munro, Mario Chemnitz and 2 more

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Article in Nature photonics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Monika Monika *Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6986-9212
Farzam Nosrati *Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0372-4114
Agnes GeorgeInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec Canada.
Stefania SciaraInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4740-9343
Riza FaziliInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec Canada.
André Luiz Marques MunizInstitute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany.
Arstan BisianovInstitute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany.
Rosario Lo FrancoDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3281-0935
William J MunroOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1835-2250
Mario ChemnitzInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8340-7214
Ulf PeschelInstitute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3980-9224
Roberto MorandottiInstitut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7717-1519

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Abstract

Quantum walks on photonic platforms represent a physics-rich framework for quantum measurements, simulations and universal computing. Dynamic reconfigurability of photonic circuitry is key to controlling the walk and retrieving its full operation potential. Universal quantum processing schemes based on time-bin encoding in gated fibre loops have been proposed but not demonstrated yet, mainly due to gate inefficiencies. Here we present a scalable quantum processor based on the discrete-time quantum walk of time-bin-entangled photon pairs on synthetic temporal photonic lattices implemented on a coupled fibre-loop system. We utilize this scheme to path-optimize quantum state operations, including the generation of two- and four-level time-bin entanglement and the respective two-photon interference. The design of the programmable temporal photonic lattice enabled us to control the dynamic of the walk, leading to an increase in the coincidence counts and quantum interference measurements without recurring to post-selection. Our results show how temporal synthetic dimensions can pave the way towards efficient quantum information processing, including quantum phase estimation, Boson sampling and the realization of topological phases of matter for high-dimensional quantum systems in a cost-effective, scalable and robust fibre-based setup.

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Fibre optics and optical communicationsQuantum optics

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PMID39791014
PMCPMC11706774

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