Holonomic multi-controlled gates for single-photon states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21101v1
• Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:54:23 GMT
• Title: Holonomic multi-controlled gates for single-photon states
• Authors: Carlo Danieli, Valentina Brosco, Claudio Conti, Laura Pilozzi,
• Abstract summary: We propose a scheme for realizing controlled and multi-controlled quantum gates based on non-Abelian holonomies in photonic waveguide networks.<n>A star network with M peripheral waveguides coupled to a single central site, or M-pod, naturally generalizes the tripod structure used in non-Abelian Thouless pumping.<n>We show how extending the approach to larger M-pod structures enables the realization of multiply controlled operations.
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• Abstract: Controlled and multi-controlled quantum gates, whose action on a target qubit depends on the state of multiple control qubits, represent a fundamental logical building block for complex quantum algorithms. We propose a scheme for realizing this class of gates based on non-Abelian holonomies in modulated photonic waveguide networks. Our approach relies on linear photonic cicuits formed by two star networks coupled via a two-path circuit. A star network with M peripheral waveguides coupled to a single central site, or M-pod, naturally generalizes the tripod structure used in non-Abelian Thouless pumping and stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP). In the present work, we first analyze the minimal case of two connected tripods and design adiabatic driving loops that implement single-qubit, CNOT, and SWAP gates. We then show how extending the approach to larger M-pod structures enables the realization of multiply controlled operations, which we exemplify by designing Toffoli and the OR gate on two coupled pentapods. Finally, we demonstrate that networks of connected tripods can implement the Deutsch quantum query algorithm.

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