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

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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.

Publication:

Scientific Reports

Pub Date:

August 2014

DOI:

10.1038/srep06115

10.48550/arXiv.1302.1210

arXiv:

arXiv:1302.1210

Bibcode:

2014NatSR...4.6115B

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E-Print:

Scientific Reports 4,115 (2014)