Fusing Imperfect Photonic Cluster States

Abstract

The ability to construct large photonic cluster states capable of supporting universal quantum computation relies on fusing together cluster primitives. These fusion operations are probabilistic and the efficiency of the construction process relies on recycling remains of cluster primitives that have undergone failed fusion attempts. Here I consider the effects of the inevitible decoherence that must arise while storing cluster primitives. First, I explore the case where dephased two-qubit cluster states are the basic resource for the construction of all larger cluster states, all fusion operations are successful, and no further dephasing occurs during the construction process. This allows us to explore how decoherence of the most basic, primitive clusters translate into imperfections of the larger cluster states constructed from them. I then assume that decoherence occurs before every attempted fusion operation and determine the best way to build a five qubit cluster. This requires including the effects of the fusion operation failures. Fidelity is used as the measure of accuracy for the constructed cluster states. Finally, I include a short discussion of photon loss and how it affects the construction of simple photonic clusters.

8 pages, 4 composite figures, added section surveying the effects of photon loss

References in corpus (11)

• Finite-Time Disentanglement via Spontaneous Emission
• Resource-efficient linear optical quantum computation
• Experimental Analysis of a 4-Qubit Cluster State
• Percolation, renormalization, and quantum computing with non-deterministic gates
• Experimental Realization of a Controlled-NOT Gate with Four-Photon Six-Qubit Cluster States
• Potential and limits to cluster state quantum computing using probabilistic gates
• Error models for mode-mismatch in linear optics quantum computing
• Cluster state preparation using gates operating at arbitrary success probabilities
• Superoperator Analysis of Entanglement in a Four-Qubit Cluster State
• Strategies for the preparation of large cluster states using non-deterministic gates
• Storing Small Photonic Cluster States in a Dephasing Environment

Cited by in corpus (3)

• Fusing multiple W states simultaneously with a Fredkin gate
• Frequency-encoded linear cluster states with coherent Raman photons
• Imperfect Construction of Microclusters