Quantum interferometers: principles and applications

RB **, ZQ Zeng, C You, C Yuan - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2024 - Elsevier
Interference, which refers to the phenomenon associated with the superposition of waves,
has played a crucial role in the advancement of physics and finds a wide range of …

Two-photon interference: the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect

F Bouchard, A Sit, Y Zhang, R Fickler… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly 30 years ago, two-photon interference was observed, marking the beginning of a
new quantum era. Indeed, two-photon interference has no classical analogue, giving it a …

The resurgence of the linear optics quantum interferometer—recent advances & applications

SH Tan, PP Rohde - Reviews in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Linear optics has seen a resurgence for applications in quantum information processing
owing to its miniaturisation on-chip, and increase in production efficiency and quality of …

Implementing graph-theoretic quantum algorithms on a silicon photonic quantum walk processor

X Qiang, Y Wang, S Xue, R Ge, L Chen, Y Liu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Applications of quantum walks can depend on the number, exchange symmetry and
indistinguishability of the particles involved, and the underlying graph structures where they …

Distinguishability and many-particle interference

AJ Menssen, AE Jones, BJ Metcalf, MC Tichy, S Barz… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
Quantum interference of two independent particles in pure quantum states is fully described
by the particles' distinguishability: the closer the particles are to being identical, the higher …

Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources

JB Spring, PL Mennea, BJ Metcalf, PC Humphreys… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Interference between independent single photons is perhaps the most fundamental
interaction in quantum optics. It has become increasingly important as a tool for optical …

Generalized multiphoton quantum interference

M Tillmann, SH Tan, SE Stoeckl, BC Sanders… - Physical Review X, 2015 - APS
Nonclassical interference of photons lies at the heart of optical quantum information
processing. Here, we exploit tunable distinguishability to reveal the full spectrum of …

Stringent and efficient assessment of boson-sampling devices

MC Tichy, K Mayer, A Buchleitner, K Mølmer - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Boson sampling holds the potential to experimentally falsify the extended Church-Turing
thesis. The computational hardness of boson sampling, however, complicates the …

Sampling of partially distinguishable bosons and the relation to the multidimensional permanent

MC Tichy - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
The collective interference of partially distinguishable bosons in multimode networks is
studied via double-sided Feynman diagrams. The probability for many-body scattering …

Statistical benchmark for BosonSampling

M Walschaers, J Kuipers, JD Urbina… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Boson samplers—set-ups that generate complex many-particle output states through the
transmission of elementary many-particle input states across a multitude of mutually coupled …