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most citedPiloting a full-year, optics-based high school course on quantum computing

28 citations · 45 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

eess.SP2023

Generalized Noncoherent Space-Time Block Codes from Quantum Error Correction

S. Andrew Lanham, Eli Bradley, Brian R. La Cour

This paper generalizes results in noncoherent space-time block code (STBC) design based on quantum error correction (QEC) to new antenna configurations. Previous work proposed QEC-…

quant-ph2022

Classical model of quantum interferometry tests of macrorealism

Brian R. La Cour

Macrorealism is a characteristic feature of many, but not all, classical systems. It is known, for example, that classical light can violate a Leggett-Garg inequality and, hence, r…

physics.ed-ph2021★ 28 cited

Piloting a full-year, optics-based high school course on quantum computing

Joel A. Walsh, Mic Fenech, Derrick L. Tucker +2

Quantum computing was once regarded as a mere theoretical possibility, but recent advances in engineering and materials science have brought practical quantum computers closer to r…

quant-ph2021

Pinching operators for approximating multiphoton entangled states

Skylar R. Turner, Brian R. La Cour

We introduce the pinching operator, which extends the theory of squeezing operators to non-Gaussian operators, and use it to approximate -photon entangled states using a pinched…

quant-ph2021

Photon number resolving detectors as evidence for the corpuscular nature of light

Morgan C. Williamson, Gabriel D. Ko, Brian R. La Cour

We consider the question of whether photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors provide compelling evidence for the discrete nature of light; i.e., whether they indicate the prior pres…

quant-ph2021★ 17 cited

The Virtual Quantum Optics Laboratory

Brian R. La Cour, Maria Maynard, Parth Shroff +2

We present a web-based software tool, the Virtual Quantum Optics Laboratory (VQOL), that may be used for designing and executing realistic simulations of quantum optics experiments…