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Coherent time evolution and boundary conditions of two-photon quantum walks in waveguide arrays

Coherent time evolution and boundary conditions of two-photon quantum walks in waveguide arrays
Coherent time evolution and boundary conditions of two-photon quantum walks in waveguide arrays
Multiphoton quantum walks in integrated optics comprise an attractive controlled quantum system, that can mimic less readily accessible quantum systems and exhibit behavior that cannot in general be accurately replicated by classical light without an exponential overhead in resources. The ability to observe the time evolution of such systems is important for characterizing multiparticle quantum dynamics—notably this includes the effects of boundary conditions for walks in spaces of finite size. Here we demonstrate the coherent evolution of quantum walks of two indistinguishable photons using planar arrays of 21 evanescently coupled waveguides fabricated in silicon oxynitride technology. We compare three time evolutions, that follow closely a model assuming unitary evolution, corresponding to three different lengths of the array—in each case we observe quantum interference features that violate classical predictions. The longest array includes reflecting boundary conditions
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Meinecke, J.D.A., Poulios, K., Politi, a., Matthews, J.C.F., Peruzzo, A., Ismail, N., Wörhoff, K., O'Brien, J.L. and Thompson, M.G. (2013) Coherent time evolution and boundary conditions of two-photon quantum walks in waveguide arrays. Physical Review A, 88 (1), 12308. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.012308).

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Multiphoton quantum walks in integrated optics comprise an attractive controlled quantum system, that can mimic less readily accessible quantum systems and exhibit behavior that cannot in general be accurately replicated by classical light without an exponential overhead in resources. The ability to observe the time evolution of such systems is important for characterizing multiparticle quantum dynamics—notably this includes the effects of boundary conditions for walks in spaces of finite size. Here we demonstrate the coherent evolution of quantum walks of two indistinguishable photons using planar arrays of 21 evanescently coupled waveguides fabricated in silicon oxynitride technology. We compare three time evolutions, that follow closely a model assuming unitary evolution, corresponding to three different lengths of the array—in each case we observe quantum interference features that violate classical predictions. The longest array includes reflecting boundary conditions

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Published date: 10 July 2013
Organisations: Quantum, Light & Matter Group

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Local EPrints ID: 377116
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377116
ISSN: 1050-2947
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ORCID for a. Politi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-9474

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Date deposited: 22 May 2015 12:54
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:49

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Author: J.D.A. Meinecke
Author: K. Poulios
Author: a. Politi ORCID iD
Author: J.C.F. Matthews
Author: A. Peruzzo
Author: N. Ismail
Author: K. Wörhoff
Author: J.L. O'Brien
Author: M.G. Thompson

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