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Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a cutting-edge field that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to enable secure communication between parties involved. Single-photon quantum emitters offer remarkable on-demand photon emission, near-unitary indistinguishability, and low multiphoton generation, thereby enhancing the performance of QKD protocols. Standard approaches in which the polarization degree-of-freedom is exploited are limited by … Continua a leggere

Multiphoton indistinguishability is a central resource for quantum enhancement in sensing and computation. Developing and certifying large-scale photonic devices requires reliable and accurate characterization of this resource, preferably using methods that are robust against experimental errors. Here, we propose a set of methods for the characterization of multiphoton indistinguishability, based on measurements of bunching and … Continua a leggere

In the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers, variational quantum algorithms are promising approaches for solving optimization tasks by training parameterized quantum circuits with the aid of classical routines informed by quantum measurements. In this context, photonic platforms based on reconfigurable integrated optics are an ideal candidate for implementing these algorithms. Among various techniques to … Continua a leggere

The exploitation of certification tools by end users represents a fundamental aspect of the development of quantum technologies as the hardware scales up beyond the regime of classical simulability. Certifying quantum networks becomes even more crucial when the privacy of their users is exposed to malicious quantum nodes or servers as in the case of … Continua a leggere

A Gaussian boson sampler (GBS) is a special-purpose quantum computer that can be practically realized at large scale in optics. Here we report on experiments in which we used a frequency-multiplexed GBS with >400 modes as the reservoir in the quantum-machine-learning approach of quantum reservoir computing. We evaluated the accuracy of our GBS-based reservoir computer on … Continua a leggere

Quantum Lab is pleased to announce the 2025 edition of the Italian Quantum Weeks(https://quantumweeks.it) exhibition entitled “Quantum: a journey into quantum mechanics” to be held at the Museum of Classical Arts, Sapienza Università di Roma, from 12 to 16 May 2025. The event is organized in collaboration with the Department of Physics, the Museum of Physics, … Continua a leggere

Over the past few years, various methods have been developed to engineeer and to exploit the dynamics of photonic quantum states as they evolve through linear optical networks. Recent theoretical works have shown that the underlying Lie algebraic structure plays a crucial role in the description of linear optical Hamiltonians, as such formalism identifies intrinsic … Continua a leggere

Linear optical architectures have been extensively investigated for quantum computing and quantum machine learning applications. Recently, proposals for photonic quantum machine learning have combined linear optics with resource adaptivity, such as adaptive circuit reconfiguration, which promises to enhance expressivity and improve algorithm performances and scalability. Moreover, linear optical platforms preserve some subspaces due to the … Continua a leggere

On 27 March 2025, Beatrice Polacchi will give a talk at the workshop “QIA & Quantum Punks: New Applications for the Quantum Internet” at the Quantum Information Center Sorbonne (QICS), Sorbonne University of Paris, organized by Veriqloud and Deep Quantum, in partnership with the Use Case Team of the Quantum Internet Alliance.The talk will be … Continua a leggere