DocumentCode
1691981
Title
Improving a lossy photon detector with an imperfect CNOT gate
Author
Brown, K.L. ; Kim, M.B. ; Richardson, Chuck ; Dowling
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We improve a lossy detector by using a CNOT gate to copy the classical information from the state into an ancilla qubit. This scheme works even when the CNOT gate introduces errors into the circuit.
Keywords
photodetectors; quantum gates; quantum optics; CNOT gate; ancilla qubit; classical information; lossy photon detector; Adaptive optics; Detectors; Logic gates; Loss measurement; Measurement uncertainty; Optical detectors; Photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6327118
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