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Area of Science:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Quantum information science
  • Photonics

Background:

  • Accurate control of quantum systems is crucial.
  • Frequency-bin qubits, single photons in superposition of frequency modes, are a promising quantum system.
  • Previous methods lacked arbitrary control capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate fully arbitrary control of frequency-bin qubits.
  • To establish optimal settings for quantum frequency processor components.
  • To validate single-photon level performance and state fidelities.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical optimization of electro-optic phase modulators and pulse shapers.
  • Experimental confirmation of mode-transformation fidelity.
  • Single-photon qubit rotation and state path tracking.
  • Bayesian tomography for state fidelity verification.

Main Results:

  • Achieved near-unity mode-transformation fidelity for fundamental rotations.
  • Successfully rotated a single frequency-bin qubit across the entire Bloch sphere.
  • Confirmed high state fidelities (F_{ρ}>0.98) using Bayesian tomography.
  • Validated performance at the single-photon level.

Conclusions:

  • Demonstrated the first fully arbitrary control of frequency-bin qubits.
  • High-fidelity qubit manipulation is achievable with optimized quantum frequency processors.
  • This advancement enhances the potential of frequency encoding in quantum communications for precision and low-noise operations.