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Two-Particle Bosonic-Fermionic Quantum Walk via Integrated Photonics

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Abstract

Quantum walk represents one of the most promising resources for the simulation of physical quantum systems, and has also emerged as an alternative to the standard circuit model for quantum computing. Here we investigate how the particle statistics, either bosonic or fermionic, influences a two-particle discrete quantum walk. Such an experiment has been realized by exploiting polarization entanglement to simulate the bunching-antibunching feature of noninteracting bosons and fermions. To this scope a novel three-dimensional geometry for the waveguide circuit is introduced, which allows accurate polarization independent behavior, maintaining remarkable control on both phase and balancement.

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The paper experimentally implements a four-step discrete quantum walk in an integrated femtosecond-laser-written waveguide circuit and uses polarization-entangled photon pairs to simulate bosonic, fermionic, and anyonic two-particle statistics. Measured output distributions agree with theory with similarities above 0.97.

Key findings

  • The device is polarization insensitive: single-photon distributions for horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and antidiagonal inputs match theory, with mean similarity \(S_{1ph}=0.992\pm0.002\); supplementary table values range from \(0.983\pm0.002\) to \(0.997\pm0.002\).
  • Two-photon entangled states reproduce bosonic and fermionic walks: triplet \(|\Psi^+\rangle\) (\(\phi=0\)) gives \(S_{bos}=0.982\pm0.002\), and singlet \(|\Psi^-\rangle\) (\(\phi=\pi\)) gives \(S_{fer}=0.973\pm0.002\).
  • Anyonic states \(|\Psi_\phi\rangle\) with \(\phi=\pi/4,\pi/2,3\pi/4\) show mixed bunching/antibunching, with similarities \(S^{\pi/4}_{any}=0.987\pm0.002\), \(S^{\pi/2}_{any}=0.988\pm0.001\), and \(S^{3\pi/4}_{any}=0.980\pm0.002\).
  • The fermionic walk-position distribution has nonzero diagonal elements even though the probability of two fermions emerging from the same output spatial mode vanishes, due to the mapping between output ports and lattice positions.

Methods

  • A four-step discrete quantum walk was implemented as a network of directional couplers in borosilicate glass using femtosecond laser writing; a three-dimensional tilted geometry (waveguides at \(62^\circ\), \(11\,\mu\text{m}\) spacing, interaction length \(2.1\,\text{mm}\)) gave polarization-insensitive balanced splitters, with a \(32\,\text{mm}\)-long chip.
  • Polarization-entangled photon pairs at \(\lambda=806\,\text{nm}\) were generated by type-II non-collinear spontaneous parametric down conversion in a \(1.5\,\text{mm}\) BBO crystal pumped by a CW diode laser at \(P=50\,\text{mW}\); waveplates and a liquid-crystal phase shifter prepared Bell states, and interference filters set \(\Delta\lambda=6\,\text{nm}\).
  • Output photons were collected by multimode fibers and detected via single-photon counting modules for single counts and two-photon coincidences; measured distributions were compared with theory using a similarity \(S\), a generalized fidelity, while changing the Bell-state phase \(\phi\) selected bosonic, fermionic, or anyonic behavior.

Limitations

  • The paper does not state a dedicated limitations section. Evident from the text: the demonstration is limited to a four-step discrete quantum walk and a small integrated network, with no demonstration of scaling to many steps.
  • Evident from the text: bosonic and fermionic statistics are simulated via polarization entanglement of photons rather than actual non-interacting bosonic or fermionic particles, and anyonic behavior is measured only for selected phases \(\phi=\pi/4,\pi/2,3\pi/4\).
  • Stated in the paper: residual birefringence and slightly different guided modes for the two polarizations cause residual polarization dependence in directional couplers; the work mitigates this with the tilted three-dimensional geometry but does not claim perfect elimination.

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Authors
Sansoni, L., Sciarrino, F., Vallone, G., Mataloni, P., Crespi, A., Ramponi, R., & Osellame, R.
Affiliations
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • National Institute of Optics (IT)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IT)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2012-01-05
Volume
108
Issue
1
Pages
010502-010502
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W1990940849
Cited by
578
References
32
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FWCI
55.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • INO Open Portal (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
  • Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Keywords
quantum walks, two-particle quantum walk, fermionic statistics, polarization entanglement, integrated photonics, waveguide circuits, polarization insensitivity, discrete-time quantum walks

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