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most citedUnitary-invariant witnesses of quantum imaginarity

41 citations · 109 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

quant-ph2026

Characterizing Photonic Partial Distinguishability Through Gram Matrix Tomography

Marcin Kotowski, Marco Robbio, Oliver Reardon-Smith +4

Partial distinguishability affects multiphoton interference, which is central to large-scale photonic experiments such as Boson Sampling and to applications of multiphoton states a…

quant-ph2026

Optimal interferometric certification of multi-photon indistinguishability

Marco Robbio, Michał Oszmaniec, Nicolas J. Cerf +2

Multiphoton indistinguishability is a key resource for photonic quantum technologies, yet its characterization typically relies on resource-intensive methods. In this work, we deve…

quant-ph2026

Coherence as a resource for -box and quantum pigeonhole paradoxes

Som Kanjilal, Rafael Wagner, Ernesto F. Galvão

Pre- and post-selection (PPS) paradoxes are striking demonstrations of quantum nonclassicality. Logical PPS paradoxes, where inferences made with the Aharonov-Bergmann-Lebowitz (AB…

quant-ph2026

Commutativity from a single Bargmann invariant equality

Rafael Wagner, Ernesto F. Galvão

Noncommutativity of states and observables is a fundamental signature of quantum theory, and a minimal requirement for nonclassicality. We provide a universal necessary and suffici…

quant-ph2026

Interaction-free measurement of multiple objects using a universal integrated photonic processor

Sara Franco, Anita Camillini, Ernesto F. Galvão

The phenomenon of interaction-free measurement (IFM) enables the probabilistic detection of an absorbing object with reduced photon absorption. We report the experimental implement…

quant-ph2026

Native linear-optical protocol for efficient multivariate trace estimation

Leonardo Novo, Marco Robbio, Ernesto F. Galvão +1

The Hong-Ou-Mandel test estimates the overlap between spectral functions characterizing the internal degrees of freedom of two single photons. It can be viewed as a photon-native p…

quant-ph2025

Optimal distillation of photonic indistinguishability

Francesco Hoch, Anita Camillini, Giovanni Rodari +13

Imperfect photons' indistinguishability limits the performance of photonic quantum communication and computation . Distillation protocols, inspired by entanglement purification, en…

quant-ph2025

Measuring unitary invariants with the quantum switch

Pedro C. Azado, Rafael Wagner, Rui S. Barbosa +1

Bargmann invariants, multivariate traces of states, completely characterize any unitary-invariant property of a set of states. Unitary invariants enable the description of quantum…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

An Elementary Characterization of Bargmann Invariants

Sagar Silva Pratapsi, João Gouveia, Leonardo Novo +1

Bargmann invariants, also known as multivariate traces of quantum states , are unitary invariant quantities used to characterize weak values,…

quant-ph2025

Estimation of multivariate traces of states given partial classical information

Kyrylo Simonov, Rafael Wagner, Ernesto Galvão

Bargmann invariants of order , defined as multivariate traces of quantum states , are useful in applications ranging from quantum metrology to cert…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Experimental observation of counter-intuitive features of photonic bunching

Giovanni Rodari, Carlos Fernandes, Eugenio Caruccio +14

Bosonic bunching is a term used to describe the well-known tendency of bosons to bunch together, and which differentiates their behaviour from that of fermions or classical particl…

quant-ph2024★ 9 cited

Polarization-encoded photonic quantum-to-quantum Bernoulli factory based on a quantum dot source

Giovanni Rodari, Francesco Hoch, Alessia Suprano +6

A Bernoulli factory is a randomness manipulation routine that takes as input a Bernoulli random variable, outputting another Bernoulli variable whose bias is a function of the inpu…

quant-ph2024★ 12 cited

Modular Quantum-to-Quantum Bernoulli Factory in an Integrated Photonic Processor

Francesco Hoch, Taira Giordani, Luca Castello +9

Generation and manipulation of randomness is a relevant task for several applications of information technology. It has been shown that quantum mechanics offers some advantages for…

quant-ph2024

Reducing depth and measurement weights in Pauli-based computation

Filipa C. R. Peres, Ernesto F. Galvão

Pauli-based computation (PBC) is a universal measurement-based quantum computation model steered by an adaptive sequence of independent and compatible Pauli measurements on separab…

quant-ph2024★ 8 cited

Semi-device independent characterization of multiphoton indistinguishability

Giovanni Rodari, Leonardo Novo, Riccardo Albiero +15

Multiphoton indistinguishability is a central resource for quantum enhancement in sensing and computation. Developing and certifying large scale photonic devices requires reliable…

quant-ph2024★ 4 cited

Certifying nonstabilizerness in quantum processors

Rafael Wagner, Filipa C. R. Peres, Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro +1

Nonstabilizerness, also known as magic, is a crucial resource for quantum computation. The growth in complexity of quantum processing units (QPUs) demands robust and scalable techn…

quant-ph2024★ 41 cited

Unitary-invariant witnesses of quantum imaginarity

Carlos Fernandes, Rafael Wagner, Leonardo Novo +1

Quantum theory is traditionally formulated using complex numbers. This imaginarity of quantum theory has been quantified as a resource with applications in discrimination tasks, ps…

quant-ph2023★ 31 cited

Experimental certification of contextuality, coherence and dimension in a programmable universal photonic processor

Taira Giordani, Rafael Wagner, Chiara Esposito +11

Quantum superposition of high-dimensional states enables both computational speed-up and security in cryptographic protocols. However, the exponential complexity of tomographic pro…