Higher-order Process Matrix Tomography of a passively-stable Quantum SWITCH

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19386v2
• Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 13:10:04 GMT
• Title: Higher-order Process Matrix Tomography of a passively-stable Quantum SWITCH
• Authors: Michael Antesberger, Marco T\'ulio Quintino, Philip Walther, Lee A. Rozema
• Abstract summary: The quantum SWITCH is an example of a higher-order quantum operation. No higher-order quantum operation has been completely experimentally characterized. We create a new passively-stable fiber-based quantum SWITCH using active optical elements to deterministically generate and manipulate time-bin encoded qubits.
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• Abstract: The field of indefinite causal order (ICO) has seen a recent surge in interest. Much of this research has focused on the quantum SWITCH, wherein multiple parties act in a superposition of different orders in a manner transcending the quantum circuit model. This results in a new resource for quantum protocols, and is exciting for its relation to issues in foundational physics. The quantum SWITCH is also an example of a higher-order quantum operation, in that it not only transforms quantum states, but also other quantum operations. To date, no higher-order quantum operation has been completely experimentally characterized. Indeed, past work on the quantum SWITCH has confirmed its ICO by measuring causal witnesses or demonstrating resource advantages, but the complete process matrix has only been described theoretically. Here, we perform higher-order quantum process tomography. However, doing so requires exponentially many measurements with a scaling worse than standard process tomography. We overcome this challenge by creating a new passively-stable fiber-based quantum SWITCH using active optical elements to deterministically generate and manipulate time-bin encoded qubits. Moreover, our new architecture for the quantum SWITCH can be readily scaled to multiple parties. By reconstructing the process matrix, we estimate its fidelity and tailor different causal witnesses directly for our experiment. To achieve this, we measure a set of tomographically complete settings, that also spans the input operation space. Our tomography protocol allows for the characterization and debugging of higher-order quantum operations with and without an ICO, while our experimental time-bin techniques could enable the creation of a new realm of higher-order quantum operations with an ICO.

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