Mitigating linear optics imperfections via port allocation and compilation
arXiv:2103.03183
Abstract
Linear optics is a promising route to building quantum technologies that operate at room temperature and can be manufactured scalably on integrated photonic platforms. However, scaling up linear optics requires high-performance operation amid inevitable manufacturing imperfections. We present techniques for enhancing the performance of linear optical interferometers by tailoring their port allocation and compilation to the on-chip imperfections, which can be determined beforehand by suitable calibration procedures that we introduce. As representative examples, we demonstrate dramatic reductions in the average power consumption of a given interferometer or in the range of its power consumption values across all possible unitary transformations implemented on it. Furthermore, we demonstrate the efficacy of these techniques at improving the fidelities of the desired transformations in the presence of fabrication defects. By improving the performance of linear optical interferometers in relevant metrics by several orders of magnitude, these tools bring optical technologies closer to demonstrating true quantum advantage.
arXiv comment13 pages, 9 figures. Comments welcome
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