PHOQUSING "PHOtonic Quantum SamplING machines" (DFM.AD005.310)

Thematic area

Physical sciences and technologies of matter

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Institute for photonics and nanotechnologies (IFN)

Project manager

ROBERTO OSELLAME
Phone number: 02-23996075
Email: roberto.osellame@polimi.it

Abstract

PHOQUSING aims to implement PHOtonic Quantum SamplING machines based on large, reconfigurable interferometers with active feedback, and state-of-the-art photon sources based both on quantum dots and parametric down-conversion. We will overview the different architectures enabling the generation of these hard-to-sample distributions using integrated photonics, optimizing the designs and studying the tolerance to errors. We will build two quantum sampling machines with different technologies, as a way to do cross-checks while exploiting all advantages of each platform. These machines will establish a new state-of-the-art in photonic reconfigurability, system complexity, and integration. Finally, we plan to perform first, proof-of-principle demonstrations of Hybrid Quantum Computation applications in optimization, machine learning, and graph theory.

Start date of activity

01/09/2020

Keywords

Hybrid quantum computing, photonics quantum hardware, integrated quantum photonics.

Last update: 10/02/2025