Nonlinear squeezing for measurement-based non-Gaussian operations in time domain
arXiv:2011.14576 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.024024
Abstract
Quantum non-Gaussian gate is a missing piece to the realization of continuous-variable universal quantum operations in the optical system. In a measurement-based implementation of the cubic phase gate, a lowest-order non-Gaussian gate, non-Gaussian ancillary states that has a property we call nonlinear squeezing are required. This property, however, has never been experimentally verified. In this paper, we generate a superposition between a vacuum state and a single photon state whose nonlinear squeezing are maximized by the optimization of the superposition coefficients. The nonlinear squeezing is observed via real-time quadrature measurements, meaning that the generated states are compatible with the real-time feedforward and are suitable as the ancillary states for the cubic phase gate in time domain. Moreover, by increasing the number of the photons, it is expected that nonlinear squeezing can be further improved. The idea presented here can be readily extended to the higher-order phase gates [P. Marek et al., Phys. Rev. A 97, 022329 (2018)]. As such, this work presents an important step to extend the CV quantum information processing from Gaussian regime to non-Gaussian regime.
9 pages, 7 figures
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