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Boson sampling with linear loss is classically simulable

Authors :
Valery S. Shchesnovich
Raúl García-Patrón
Jelmer J. Renema
MESA+ Institute
Complex Photonic Systems
Source :
Quantum Information and Measurement, QIM 2019
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

We show that boson sampling is classically simulable in the presence of linear loss (constant per-photon transmission). We discuss the impact that this has on experimental efforts to demonstrate a quantum advantage.

Subjects

Subjects :
Photon
Transmission (telecommunications)
Sampling (statistics)
Statistical physics
Constant (mathematics)
Interference (wave propagation)
Quantum
Quantum computer
Boson

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Quantum Information and Measurement, QIM 2019
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e28f1b4b295d3c7cfd2b043663b36710
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/qim.2019.f3a.3
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