Title :
Estimating immanants from interferometric photon coincidences
Author :
Sanders, Barry C. ; Si-Hui Tan ; de Guise, Hubert ; Gao, Yvonne Y.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We develop a theory for multi-channel passive optical interferometery with one or zero photon entering each input port, and we show that the output photon coincidences yield information about immanants of the interferometer transformation matrix.
Keywords :
light interferometry; quantum optics; immanant estimation; interferometer transformation matrix; interferometric photon coincidences; multichannel passive optical interferometery; Educational institutions; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Photonics; Physics; Ports (Computers); Quantum computing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
