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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference

Published on: September 5, 2019

Efficient multiqubit entanglement via a spin bus.

Mark Friesen1, Asoka Biswas, Xuedong Hu

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. friesen@cae.wisc.edu

Physical Review Letters
|August 7, 2007
PubMed
Summary

We present a new quantum computing architecture using a spin bus for controllable long-range interactions. This design enables scalable solid-state quantum computation with existing experimental resources.

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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
07:56

A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference

Published on: September 5, 2019

Area of Science:

  • Quantum Information Science
  • Solid-State Physics
  • Quantum Computing Architectures

Background:

  • Controllable long-range couplings are crucial for scalable quantum computation.
  • Existing architectures face challenges in achieving robust and controllable interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an experimentally feasible architecture for controllable long-range couplings.
  • To demonstrate the generation of entangled states using this architecture.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a spin bus with strong, always-on interactions.
  • Dynamically coupling the spin bus to external qubits (Loss and DiVincenzo type).
  • Leveraging a spectral gap in a finite-size chain to enable long-range correlations.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated controllable long-range couplings from local exchange interactions.
  • Established the spin bus as a hub for multiqubit entangling operations.
  • Showcased efficient generation of W states, an important entanglement resource.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed spin bus architecture offers a viable route for scalable solid-state quantum computation.
  • The architecture utilizes currently available experimental resources.
  • Enables efficient generation of multi-qubit entangled states.