• DocumentCode
    690133
  • Title

    Estimating immanants from interferometric photon coincidences

  • Author

    Sanders, Barry C. ; Si-Hui Tan ; de Guise, Hubert ; Gao, Yvonne Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Quantum Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We develop a theory for multi-channel passive optical interferometery with one or zero photon entering each input port, and we show that the output photon coincidences yield information about immanants of the interferometer transformation matrix.
  • Keywords
    light interferometry; quantum optics; immanant estimation; interferometer transformation matrix; interferometric photon coincidences; multichannel passive optical interferometery; Educational institutions; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Photonics; Physics; Ports (Computers); Quantum computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834526