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Integration of highly probabilistic sources into optical quantum architectures: perpetual quantum computation

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Published 6 September 2011 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Simon J Devitt et al 2011 New J. Phys. 13 095001 DOI 10.1088/1367-2630/13/9/095001

1367-2630/13/9/095001

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a design for an optical topological cluster state computer constructed exclusively from a single quantum component. Unlike previous efforts we eliminate the need for on demand, high fidelity photon sources and detectors and replace them with the same device utilized to create photon/photon entanglement. This introduces highly probabilistic elements into the optical architecture while maintaining complete specificity of the structure and operation for a large-scale computer. Photons in this system are continually recycled back into the preparation network, allowing for an arbitrarily deep three-dimensional cluster to be prepared using a comparatively small number of photonic qubits and consequently the elimination of high-frequency, deterministic photon sources.

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