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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-…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Entanglement and Impropriety
Brian R. La Cour, Thomas W. Yudichak
The relationship between quantum entanglement and classical impropriety is considered in the context of multi-modal squeezed states of light. Replacing operators with complex Gauss…
A Comment on the Tsallis Maximum Entropy Principle
Brian R. La Cour, William C. Schieve
Tsallis has suggested a nonextensive generalization of the Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy, the maximization of which gives a generalized canonical distribution under special constraints.…
Macroscopic Determinism in Noninteracting Systems Using Large Deviation Theory
Brian R. La Cour, William C. Schieve
We consider a general system of n noninteracting identical particles which evolve under a given dynamical law and whose initial microstates are a priori independent. The time evolu…
Quasi Markovian behavior in mixing maps
Brian R. La Cour, William C. Schieve
We consider the time dependent probability distribution of a coarse grained observable Y whose evolution is governed by a discrete time map. If the map is mixing, the time dependen…