Scalable on-chip quantum state tomography
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Quantum information systems are on a path to vastly exceed the complexity of any classical device. The number of entangled qubits in quantum devices is rapidly increasing, and the information required to fully describe these systems scales exponentially with qubit number. This scaling is the key benefit of quantum systems, however it also presents a severe challenge. To characterize such systems typically requires an exponentially long sequence of different measurements, becoming highly resource demanding for large numbers of qubits. Here we propose and demonstrate a novel and scalable method for characterizing quantum systems based on expanding a multi-photon state to larger dimensionality. We establish that the complexity of this new measurement technique only scales linearly with the number of qubits, while providing a tomographically complete set of data without a need for reconfigurability. We experimentally demonstrate an integrated photonic chip capable of measuring two- and three-photon quantum states with statistical reconstruction fidelity of 99.71%.
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The paper proposes and experimentally demonstrates a scalable on-chip quantum state tomography method in which a fixed linear optical transformation expands an N-photon state to many output modes, making measurement complexity scale linearly with photon number. An integrated photonic chip reconstructs two-photon states with statistical reconstruction fidelity 99.71%, and simulations support three-photon GHZ tomography.
Key findings
- A static linear optical circuit with M outputs can perform tomographically complete measurement of N-photon states; the required number of output ports scales linearly with N and approaches M = N for large photon numbers, unlike the exponential reconfiguration of standard tomography.
- The laser-written chip measured two-photon anti-bunched and N00N states: anti-bunched fidelity was 94.0% (limited by the photon source’s 93% Hong–Ou–Mandel visibility), N00N-state fidelities exceeded 94% for phases φ ≈ 0 and φ ≈ π/2, and the statistical reconstruction fidelity was 99.71%.
- The SPSA reconstruction algorithm achieved 99.67% average fidelity after 1500 iterations over 500 random density matrices and recovered the mixed state ρmix = (ρanti-bunched + ρN00N)/2.
- Three-photon GHZ tomography was simulated through the measured transfer function with Gaussian noise at 5% of the peak correlation value; the recovered density matrix closely matched the GHZ state. The device condition number was ≃5, compared with ≃9 for typical tomography.
Methods
- Theory: an N-photon density matrix is mapped by a fixed unitary from two input ports to M output waveguides; coincidences are measured with non-photon-number-resolving detectors. Reconstruction is possible when the number of measurable N-photon correlations, M!/(M − N)!, exceeds the 2^{2N} real parameters of the density matrix.
- Experiment: photon pairs at 815 nm were generated by type-I spontaneous parametric down-conversion with 93% visibility and coupled into a laser-written fused-silica waveguide chip; output two-photon coincidence rates were approximately 30 Hz with about 20 s integration time.
- Reconstruction: simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) minimized the least-squares distance between measured and guessed correlations, with the density matrix parameterized as ρ(t) = T†(t)T(t)/Tr[T†(t)T(t)] and run for 1500 iterations.
Limitations
- Stated in the paper: the number of photon detections required for reconstruction still scales exponentially, and processing measurement data would be extremely resource demanding for large photon numbers; SPSA is used to avoid direct inversion.
- Stated in the paper: the anti-bunched-state fidelity of 94.0% is limited by the photon source quality, whose Hong–Ou–Mandel visibility is limited at 93%.
- Evident from the text: the three-photon GHZ demonstration is simulated using the experimentally determined transfer function and added Gaussian noise, not an experimental three-photon measurement; the experimental demonstrations are two-photon only.
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- Interpretationreasoning
Due to its simplicity and lack of tunable elements, this approach to quantum measurement is uniquely suited to integration with on-chip superconducting single-photon detectors for a fully on-chip tomography scheme.
“Due to its simplicity and lack of tunable elements, this approach to quantum measurement is uniquely suited to integration with on-chip super-conducting single-photon detectors 37 for a fully on-chip tomography scheme.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [37] Najafi, F. et al. On-chip detection of non-classical light by scalable integration of single-photon detectors. Nat. Commun. 6, 5873 (2015). source
- Findingcitation
The paper experimentally demonstrates tomography of spatially entangled mixed or pure states of two indistinguishable photons using a specially designed on-chip laser-written waveguide circuit.
“We experimentally demonstrate our approach by performing tomography of spatially entangled mixed or pure states of two indistinguishable photons, using a specially designed on-chip laser-written waveguide circuit.27”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [27] Meany, T. et al. Laser written circuits for quantum photonics. Laser Photon. Rev. 9, 363–384 (2015). source
The paper’s section 6 describes process tomography of a polarization-encoded CNOT circuit, while section 4.2 discusses verifying W-state entanglement as an alternative to state tomography. Neither passage describes tomography of spatially entangled mixed or pure states of two indistinguishable photons. A search for that specific experiment in our copy found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- Premisecitation
Even if all measurements can be completed, reconstructing the density matrix from measurement data becomes computationally challenging for high qubit-number states.
“Finally, even if all the measurements can be completed, the task of reconstructing the density matrix from measurement data becomes computationally challenging for high qubit-number states.6”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [6] Banaszek, K., Cramer, M. & Gross, D. Focus on quantum tomography. New J. Phys. 15, 125020 (2013). source
- Findingcitation
With the appropriate optical transformation, multiplexed detection can allow full quantum state tomography.
“Here we demonstrate experimentally that, with the appropriate optical transformation, multiplexed detection can also allow full quantum state tomography, and we present a comprehensive theoretical analysis of multi-photon case building on our original proposal for two-photon tomography with static measurement setups 25”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [25] Titchener, J. G., Solntsev, A. S. & Sukhorukov, A. A. Two-photon tomography using on-chip quantum walks. Opt. Lett. 41, 4079–4082 (2016). source
- Interpretationcitation
This provides a significantly simpler and more stable platform for three-photon tomography compared to previous realizations.
“This provides a significantly simpler and more stable platform for three-photon tomography compared to previous realizations.35”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [35] Hamel, D. R. et al. Direct generation of three-photon polarization entanglement. Nat. Photonics 8, 801–807 (2014). source
The introduction (p. 1) describes direct triplet production without outcome post-selection and says improved detection rates make three-photon tomography feasible where previous rates did not. The State Production and Characterization section (p. 2) reports completed tomography, but the paper does not establish that its platform is simpler or more stable than previous realizations; it identifies imperfect phase stabilization as a source of error. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
- Rests on an assumption: The experimentally determined transfer function Û accurately characterizes the chip's transformation for three-photon states.
- Findingown data
The paper experimentally demonstrates an integrated photonic chip capable of measuring two- and three-photon quantum states with statistical reconstruction fidelity of 99.71%.
“We experimentally demonstrate an integrated photonic chip capable of measuring two-and three-photon quantum states with statistical reconstruction fidelity of 99.71%.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Findingreasoning
The circuit allows full reconstruction of the input density matrix just by measuring the output two-photon coincidences with non-photon-number resolving single-photon detectors.
“The circuit allows full reconstruction of the input density matrix just by measuring the output two-photon coincidences with non-photonnumber resolving single-photon detectors.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Findingnone given
Each output waveguide carries information from a different vector on the input Bloch sphere.
“Each output waveguide carries information from a different vector on the input Bloch sphere.”
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The mixed state ρmix = (ρanti-bunched + ρN00N)/2 was recovered using the algorithm.
“We demonstrate recovery of the mixed state ρmix ¼ ρantiÀbunched þ ρN00N ð Þ =2 using the algorithm.”
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Photon-pairs are generated at λ = 815 nm using a standard type-I spontaneous parametric down-conversion source with a visibility of 93%.
“We generate photon-pairs at λ = 815 nm using a standard type-I spontaneous parametric down-conversion source with a visibility of 93%.”
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The real part of the recovered density matrix closely matches the three-photon GHZ state.
“The real part of the recovered density matrix is shown in Fig. 5d, which closely matches the three-photon GHZ state in Fig. 5c.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: The experimentally determined transfer function Û accurately characterizes the chip's transformation for three-photon states.
- Findingown data
The anti-bunched state is confirmed with a fidelity of 94.0%.
“We confirm that this is indeed an anti-bunched state, with the fidelity of 94.0%.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Findingown data
Reconstruction of the input density matrix from simulated noisy three-photon correlations gives highly accurate results despite the added Gaussian noise.
“Reconstruction of the input density matrix gives highly accurate results despite this noise.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: The experimentally determined transfer function Û accurately characterizes the chip's transformation for three-photon states.
- Findingown data
The fidelity of both N00N states exceeds 94%.
“The fidelity of both states exceeds 94%.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Findingown data
The statistical reconstruction fidelity is estimated at 99.71%.
“we estimate the statistical reconstruction fidelity at the level of 99.71% (see Methods, Algorithmic reconstruction).”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Findingown data
A fixed linear optical transformation can be devised to allow complete quantum tomography of N-photon states.
“We have demonstrated that a fixed linear optical transformation can be devised to allow complete quantum tomography of Nphoton states.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Findingown data
The reconstruction fidelity of the algorithm is 99.67% after 1500 iterations.
“The reconstruction fidelity of the algorithm is 99.67% after 1500 iterations (see Methods).”
- Also stated in: § Algorithmic reconstruction · plain
“The reconstruction fidelity, the average fidelity between the true density matrix and the algorithm's final guess, is found to be 99.67%.”
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- Findingnone given
With a supported mode field diameter of 12 μm × 15 μm, coupling losses of 3 dB are obtained with standard single mode fibers.
“With a supported mode field diameter of 12 μm × 15 μm, the coupling losses of 3 dB are obtained with standard single mode fibers.”
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The accumulated phase of the two-photon N00N state propagated through 1-m optical fibers was very sensitive to fiber stress, varying by up to 2π on the scale of a few minutes.
“The accumulated phase was very sensitive to fiber stress, varying by up to 2π on the scale of a few minutes.”
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The temporal variation of the phase in the density matrix was observed using an integration time of 20 s with a photon pair detection rate of 30 Hz.
“With our approach we observed experimentally the temporal variation of the phase in the density matrix using an integration time of 20 s with a photon pair detection rate of 30Hz.”
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The scaling for distinguishable and indistinguishable photon detection schemes is linear at large photon numbers.
“The scaling for distinguishable and indistinguishable photon detection schemes is linear at large photon numbers, as indicated by red and blue lines, respectively (see Sec.I in Supplementary Material for details of derivation)”
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Two-photon tomography results were obtained for a N00N state.
“Two photon tomography results.a Results for an anti-bunched state, b a N00N state, and c a N00N state with π/2 phase shift.”
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Measured two-photon correlations were obtained for the mixed state ρmix = (ρanti-bunched + ρN00N)/2.
“(Inset) Measured two-photon correlations for the mixed state ρmix ¼ ρantiÀbunched þ ρN00N ð Þ =2.”
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Two-photon tomography results were obtained for an anti-bunched state.
“Two photon tomography results.a Results for an anti-bunched state, b a N00N state, and c a N00N state with π/2 phase shift.”
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Two-photon tomography results were obtained for a N00N state with π/2 phase shift.
“Two photon tomography results.a Results for an anti-bunched state, b a N00N state, and c a N00N state with π/2 phase shift.”
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When an N-photon state is spread coherently across an increased number of outputs, the number of possible N-photon correlation measurement outcomes follows a similar scaling to the number of parameters in the density matrix.
“When an N photon state is spread coherently across an increased number of outputs, the number of possible N-photon correlation measurement outcomes follows a similar scaling to the number of parameters in the density matrix.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim - Interpretationreasoning
Reconstruction is possible if the number of different correlations is larger than the number of unknown density matrix elements.
“Then, its reconstruction is possible if the number of different correlations is larger than the number of unknown density matrix elements.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Premisereasoning
Because the system is mathematically over-determined, not all combinations of correlations would correspond to a physical density matrix.
“Since the system is mathematically over-determined, i.e., we measure more correlations than unknown elements in the density matrix, not all combinations of correlations would correspond to a physical density matrix.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationown data
The method can observe with high precision the density matrix of a quantum state that is varying over time.
“Thus, we can observe with high precision the density matrix of a quantum state that is varying over time”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Study design and conductreasoning
The circuit was optimized to make the tomographic reconstruction highly robust to measurement errors.
“The circuit was optimized to make the tomographic reconstruction highly robust to measurement errors.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationreasoning
The error of the reconstructed state can be estimated by how much the measured correlations deviate from the correlations of the closest physical density matrix found by the reconstruction algorithm.
“Considering random noise, we can then estimate the error of the reconstructed state by how much the measured correlations deviate from the correlations of the closest physical density matrix, Γ rec , found by the reconstruction algorithm.”
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The chip is capable of tomography of degenerate three-photon states.
“The chip presented in Fig. 2a is also capable of tomography of degenerate three-photon states.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: The experimentally determined transfer function Û accurately characterizes the chip's transformation for three-photon states.
- Interpretationreasoning
The combination of linear scaling in the required number of single photon detectors and compatibility with integrated detection suggests that characterization of high photon number states is achievable.
“The combination of linear scaling in the required number of single photon detectors, as well as compatibility with integrated detection, suggests that the characterization of high photon number states is achievable.”
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These errors cause the measured correlations to deviate so that they do not perfectly match the correlations that would be produced by a physical density matrix.
“This will cause the measured correlations to deviate so that they don't perfectly match the correlations that would be produced by a physical density matrix.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationreasoning
The new measurement technique provides a tomographically complete set of data without a need for reconfigurability.
“while providing a tomographically complete set of data without a need for reconfigurability.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Premisenone given
The phase shift in the N00N state is determined by the photon propagation before the chip.
“The phase shift is determined by the photon propagation before the chip”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationreasoning
The new measurement technique's complexity only scales linearly with the number of qubits.
“We establish that the complexity of this new measurement technique only scales linearly with the number of qubits, while providing a tomographically complete set of data without a need for reconfigurability.”
- Also stated in: § INTRODUCTION · plain
“Here we present a quantum tomography method with experimental device complexity that scales linearly with qubit number.”
- Also stated in: § INTRODUCTION · plain
“required physical complexity of multi-outcome measurement only scales linearly with the number of qubits in the state being measured (Fig. 1b), in contrast to the usual exponential scaling.”
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- Interpretationown data
The reconstruction of density matrices from measured correlations was carried out using a computationally scalable algorithm.
“The reconstruction of the density matrices from the measured correlations was carried out using a computationally scalable algorithm.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationreasoning
The method is based on expanding a multi-photon state to larger dimensionality.
“Here we propose and demonstrate a novel and scalable method for characterizing quantum systems based on expanding a multi-photon state to larger dimensionality.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationnone given
A photonic chip for scalable tomography of N-photon states can be based on a single linear transformation with two input modes and M outputs.
“Conceptual diagram of a photonic chip for scalable tomography of N-photon states based on a single linear transformation with two input modes and M outputs.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim - Interpretationnone given
To enable reconstruction, the number of different N-photon correlations that can be measured at the output needs to be the same or larger than the number of independent parameters defining the input density matrix.
“To enable reconstruction, the number of different Nphoton correlations that can be measured at the output needs to be the same or larger than the number of independent parameters defining the input density matrix”
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- May combine two claims. 20
- Classified as probably not a substantial claim. 7
May combine two claims.
InterpretationcitationThe approach removes the need to build complex reconfigurable measurement systems, allowing full quantum tomography with just static linear optical circuits, which can easily be implemented on photonic chips.
“In the context of photonic quantum states our approach also removes the need to build complex reconfigurable measurement systems, 8 instead allowing full quantum tomography with just static linear optical circuits, which can easily be implemented on photonic chips.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [8] James, D. F. V., Kwiat, P. G., Munro, W. J. & White, A. G. Measurement of qubits. Phys. Rev. A 64, 052312 (2001). source
May combine two claims.
InterpretationcitationThe equal spacing of vectors around the Bloch sphere gives the device maximum robustness to errors in the tomography procedure, by essentially realizing non-local measurements.
“The equal spacing of vectors around the Bloch sphere gives the device maximum robustness to errors in the tomography procedure, 29 by essentially realizing non-local measurements.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [29] Foreman, M. R., Favaro, A. & Aiello, A. Optimal frames for polarization state reconstruction. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 263901 (2015). source
The paper links optimal measurement frames on the Poincaré sphere to reduced error amplification in polarization reconstruction (pp. 1–3). It describes the Bloch sphere only as a geometric parallel that may inform two-level quantum tomography (p. 4); it does not say that the device achieves robustness by realizing non-local measurements. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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InterpretationcitationThe method offers the same computational advantage as self-guided tomography, but without the need for complex reconfigurable measurements that previously restricted this approach to only pure states.
“Importantly, our method offers the same computational advantage as self-guided tomography, but without a need for complex reconfigurable measurements which so far restricted this approach to only pure states.18”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [18] Chapman, R. J., Ferrie, C. & Peruzzo, A. Experimental demonstration of self-guided quantum tomography. Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 040402 (2016). source
The paper says SGQT avoids computationally expensive postprocessing and optimizes projection measurements, including entangling measurements for the original algorithm. It also says its implementation estimates the pure state with greatest overlap and leaves demonstration on arbitrary mixed states to future work. It does not say that the need for complex reconfigurable measurements is what restricted SGQT to pure states. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.
PremisecitationTomography procedures involving some global quantum measurements have increased error robustness relative to using only local qubit measurements, and thus can be completed in less time.
“tomography procedures involving some global quantum measurements have increased error robustness relative to using only local qubit measurements, and thus can be completed in less time.20”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [20] Miranowicz, A. et al. Optimal two-qubit tomography based on local and global measurements: Maximal robustness against errors as described by condition numbers. Phys. Rev. A 90, 062123 (2014). source
Section VI (p. 8) says the approach combining local and global measurements is more robust against errors than a local-only approach. Section IV (p. 4) describes its condition-number-based robustness, but the paper does not establish that the procedure can therefore be completed in less time; searches for shorter measurement time and faster tomography did not find that link. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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PremisecitationTo characterize an N-qubit state, 2^(2N) different observables are measured, so the measurement apparatus must be reconfigured exponentially many times, which is impractical for large states.
“To characterize an Nqubit state, 2 2N different observables are measured, 8 thus the measurement apparatus must be reconfigured exponentially many times, which is impractical for large states.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [8] James, D. F. V., Kwiat, P. G., Munro, W. J. & White, A. G. Measurement of qubits. Phys. Rev. A 64, 052312 (2001). source
May combine two claims.
FindingcitationThe complexity of the transformation only scales linearly with the number of photons in the state, in contrast to the exponential scaling in the number of measurements required in usual tomography.
“Importantly, the complexity of the transformation only scales linearly with the number of photons in the state, in contrast to the exponential scaling in the number of measurements required in usual tomography.36”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [36] White, A. G., James, D. F. V., Eberhard, P. H. & Kwiat, P. G. Nonmaximally entangled states: Production, characterization, and utilization. Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3103–3107 (1999). source
The tomography discussion (p. 2) says a full analysis requires d²−1 parameters and gives 3 and 15 analyzer settings for single- and two-photon states, supporting the contrast with the growing measurement demands of tomography. It does not describe the cited transformation or say that its complexity scales linearly with photon number. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
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FindingcitationThe experimentally realized device has a condition number of approximately 5, which is better than the condition number of approximately 9 for typical tomography.
“The experimentally realized device has a condition number of ≃5, which is better than the condition number of ≃9 for typical tomography.20”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [20] Miranowicz, A. et al. Optimal two-qubit tomography based on local and global measurements: Maximal robustness against errors as described by condition numbers. Phys. Rev. A 90, 062123 (2014). source
The Introduction (p. 1) says that a smaller condition number makes tomography more robust, supporting the direction of the comparison. But the cited paper does not establish a condition number of approximately 5 for the experimentally realized device or approximately 9 for typical tomography; its Experimental Setups section (p. 8) says an experimental realization of its proposed protocol will be presented elsewhere. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.
Findingown dataTypical two-photon coincidence rates after propagating through the chip were approximately 30 Hz, and an integration time of around 20 s was used for coincidence measurements.
“The typical two-photon coincidence rates after propagating through the chip were approximately 30 Hz, and an integration time of around 20 s was used for coincidence measurements.”
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Findingnone givenThe fabricated waveguides exhibit low propagation losses (<0.3 dB/cm) and almost vanishing birefringence (Δn_H,V ≈ 10^-6).
“Such waveguides exhibit low propagation losses (<0.3 dB/cm) and almost vanishing birefringence (Δn H,V ≈ 10 -6 ).”
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Findingown dataThe reconstructed N00N states have phases determined to be φ ≈ 0 and φ ≈ π/2.
“the corresponding reconstructed N00N states, with phases determined to be ϕ ' 0 in Fig. 3b and ϕ ' π=2 in Fig. 3c.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).
Findingown dataThe real part of the density matrix was recovered using the simulated correlations from (b) for a three-photon GHZ state.
“Real part of the density matrix that was recovered using the simulated correlations from (b)”
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InterpretationreasoningThe approach is based on interfering all the photons through a special unitary transformation, thus can be optimized to incorporate nonlocal measurement, allowing the error robustness to be increased.
“Our approach is based on interfering all the photons through a special unitary transformation, thus can be optimized to incorporate nonlocal measurement, allowing the error robustness to be increased.”
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Study design and conductnone givenTo ensure that the calculated statistical fidelity accurately represents the noise in the system, the measured correlations were recorded with a moving average of 13 s over a total time of 60 s, and the average statistical fidelity was calculated for each 13 s window, then the mean value was taken.
“To ensure that the calculated statistical fidelity accurately represents the noise in the system, the measured correlations were recorded with a moving average of 13 s over a total time of 60 s and the average statistical fidelity was calculated for each 13 s window, then the mean value was taken.”
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Interpretationnone givenFor reconstruction using experimentally measured data, there will naturally be errors in the amplitude of the measured correlation elements, in particular due to shot noise.
“For reconstruction using experimentally measured data there will naturally be errors in the amplitude of the measured correlation elements, in particular due to shot noise.”
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InterpretationcitationThe measurement permits information about the spectral overlap of the pair of photons because the observed correlations exhibit a generalized form of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference.
“this measurement permits us to get information about the spectral overlap of the pair of photons, since the observed correlations exhibit a generalized form of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference, [30][31][32]”
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Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
May combine two claims.
Interpretationown dataThe 94.0% fidelity of the anti-bunched state is limited by the quality of the photon source, whose Hong-Ou-Mandel visibility is limited at 93%.
“This value is actually limited by the quality of the photon source (which Hong-Ou-Mandel visibility is limited at 93%)”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claimClassified as probably not a substantial claim.
Study design and conductown dataThe reconstruction accuracy was determined using the experimentally measured device transfer function.
“We determine the reconstruction accuracy using the "experimentally measured" device transfer function.”
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InterpretationreasoningIn the approach, the full complement of measurements are performed simultaneously, and thus the most important correlation detections for reconstructing a particular state naturally have the highest count rates.
“This is because in our approach, the full complement of measurements are performed simultaneously, and thus the most important correlation detections for reconstructing a particular state naturally have the highest count rates.”
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PremisecitationBecause the N00N phase shift is double the value that would accumulate classically, it is highly sensitive to the environment.
“because the shift is double the value that would accumulate classically 33 it is highly sensitive to the environment.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [33] Ou, Z. Y., Zou, X. Y., Wang, L. J. & Mandel, L. Experiment on nonclassical fourth-order interference. Phys. Rev. A 42, 2957–2965 (1990). source
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InterpretationreasoningThe minimum number of output ports required scales linearly with the number of photons and approaches M = N for large photon numbers.
“We establish that the minimum number of output ports required scales linearly with the number of photons and approaches M = N for large photon numbers, see red”
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Interpretationnone givenThe approach is compatible with computationally scalable reconstruction, avoiding resource intensive direct inversion.
“Furthermore, we show that our approach is compatible with computationally scalable reconstruction, avoiding resource intensive direct inversion.”
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Interpretationnone givenIf detectors can distinguish photons but cannot resolve photon numbers, then there are M!/(M-N)! different N-photon correlations which can be measured, while the density matrix is described by 2^(2N) real parameters.
“If the detectors can distinguish photons (i.e., by arrival time for time-bin encoded states), but cannot resolve photon numbers, then there are M!/(M -N)! different N-photon correlations which can be measured, while the density matrix is described by 2 2N real parameters.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.
Study design and conductreasoningThe diagonal correlation elements were set to zero because photon number resolved detection was not used, and thus these elements were not measured.
“For this normalization the diagonal correlation elements (corresponding to detection of two photons at the same detector) are set to zero since we do not use photon number resolved detection, and thus do not measure these elements.”
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The paper relies on this without support.
Many of the expectation values measured in standard tomography are vanishingly small and thus contribute little useful information.
“Furthermore many of the expectation values measured will be vanishingly small, and thus contribute little useful information.”
The paper relies on this without support.
All existing approaches rely on a common measurement paradigm whereby different characteristics of a system are measured sequentially, thus they become exponentially complex to implement as the number of parameters in the density matrix scales exponentially with qubit number.
“However all these approaches rely on a common measurement paradigm, whereby different characteristics of a system are measured sequentially, thus they become exponentially complex to implement as the number of parameters in the density matrix scales exponentially with qubit number.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The number of photon detections required for reconstruction scales exponentially and processing measurement data would be extremely resource demanding for large photon numbers.
“although the number of detectors and waveguides in the circuit scales linearly with the number of qubits to be measured, the number of photon detections required for reconstruction still necessarily scales exponentially (as in standard quantum state tomography) and processing of measurement data would be extremely resource demanding for large photon numbers.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The experimentally determined transfer function Û accurately characterizes the chip's transformation for three-photon states.
“We demonstrate this using the experimentally determined transfer function, Û, and simulate the propagation of a three-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state (Fig. 5a) through the chip.”
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N00N-state correlations are assigned to the wrong figure
MinorThe text locates the time-varying two-photon correlations in Fig. 2b,c, but the Fig. 3 caption identifies its panels b and c as the N00N-state results and says their second column contains the measured correlations.
“We show typical twophoton correlations at different times in Fig. 2b,c and the corresponding reconstructed N00N states, with phases determined to be ϕ ' 0 in Fig. 3b and ϕ ' π=2 in Fig. 3c.”
“Figure: 3 Fig. 3 Fig. 3 Two photon tomography results.a Results for an anti-bunched state, b a N00N state, and c a N00N state with π/2 phase shift.The second column shows the measured two-photon correlations, while the third and fourth columns show the real and imaginary parts of the recovered density matrices”
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- Authors
- Titchener, J. G., Gräfe, M., Heilmann, R., Solntsev, A. S., Szameit, A., & Sukhorukov, A. A.
- Affiliations
- Australian National University (AU)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (DE)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- University of Rostock (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Titchener, James G.
- Venue
- npj Quantum Information
- Published
- 2018-03-08
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2056-6387 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2560259994
- Semantic Scholar
- 0a65005407e17a078aef0d98f65c9b574a30f5f7
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 5.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- npj Quantum Information (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SZ 276/12‐1, 574/13-1, BL574/13-1)
- Australian Research Council (DP130100135, DE180100070, DP160100619, 2013 5659/002-001)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Keywords
- quantum state tomography, multi-photon states, integrated photonics, entangled qubits, two-photon states
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