Title :
Testing randomness using multi-photon interference
Author :
Matthews, Jonathan C. F. ; Whittaker, Rebecca ; O´Brien, Jeremy L. ; Turner, Peter S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate pseudorandom optical processes known as t-designs, showing that for t =1(2) they are statistically indistinguishable from random operations for 1(2)-photon quantum interference, and that they fail to mimic randomness for 2(3)-photon interference.
Keywords :
multiphoton processes; optical testing; quantum interference phenomena; quantum optics; random processes; 1(2)-photon quantum interference; 2(3)-photon quantum interference; multiphoton interference; pseudorandom optical processes; randomness testing; Educational institutions; Interference; Photonics; Polynomials; Quantum mechanics; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
