Continuous-variable quantum-computing is the most scalable implementation of QC to date but requires non-Gaussian resources to allow exponential speedup and quantum correction, using error encoding such as Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill (GKP) states. However, GKP state generation is still an experimental challenge. We show theoretically that photon catalysis, the interference of coherent states with single-photon states followed by photon-number-resolved detection, is a powerful enabler for non-Gaussian quantum state engineering such as exactly displaced single-photon states and
- Award ID(s):
- 1820882
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10345125
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Quantum
- Volume:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 2521-327X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 769
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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