Experimental demonstration of input-output indefiniteness in a single quantum device

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Auteurs principaux: Guo, Yu, Liu, Zixuan, Tang, Hao, Hu, Xiao-Min, Liu, Bi-Heng, Huang, Yun-Feng, Li, Chuan-Feng, Guo, Guang-Can, Chiribella, Giulio
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author Guo, Yu
Liu, Zixuan
Tang, Hao
Hu, Xiao-Min
Liu, Bi-Heng
Huang, Yun-Feng
Li, Chuan-Feng
Guo, Guang-Can
Chiribella, Giulio
author_facet Guo, Yu
Liu, Zixuan
Tang, Hao
Hu, Xiao-Min
Liu, Bi-Heng
Huang, Yun-Feng
Li, Chuan-Feng
Guo, Guang-Can
Chiribella, Giulio
contents Quantum theory allows information to flow through a single device in a coherent superposition of two opposite directions, resulting into situations where the input-output direction is indefinite. Here we introduce a theoretical method to witness input-output indefiniteness in a single quantum device, and we experimentally demonstrate it by constructing a photonic setup that exhibits input-output indefiniteness with a statistical significance exceeding 69 standard deviations. Our results provide a way to characterize input-output indefiniteness as a resource for quantum information and photonic quantum technologies and enable table-top simulations of hypothetical scenarios exhibiting quantum indefiniteness in the direction of time.
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spellingShingle Experimental demonstration of input-output indefiniteness in a single quantum device
Guo, Yu
Liu, Zixuan
Tang, Hao
Hu, Xiao-Min
Liu, Bi-Heng
Huang, Yun-Feng
Li, Chuan-Feng
Guo, Guang-Can
Chiribella, Giulio
Quantum Physics
Quantum theory allows information to flow through a single device in a coherent superposition of two opposite directions, resulting into situations where the input-output direction is indefinite. Here we introduce a theoretical method to witness input-output indefiniteness in a single quantum device, and we experimentally demonstrate it by constructing a photonic setup that exhibits input-output indefiniteness with a statistical significance exceeding 69 standard deviations. Our results provide a way to characterize input-output indefiniteness as a resource for quantum information and photonic quantum technologies and enable table-top simulations of hypothetical scenarios exhibiting quantum indefiniteness in the direction of time.
title Experimental demonstration of input-output indefiniteness in a single quantum device
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.17046