Exact simulation of realistic Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill cluster states

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Banic, Milica, Crescimanna, Valerio, Bourassa, J. Eli, Gonzalez-Arciniegas, Carlos, Alexander, Rafael N., Heshami, Khabat
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866914084725719040
author Banic, Milica
Crescimanna, Valerio
Bourassa, J. Eli
Gonzalez-Arciniegas, Carlos
Alexander, Rafael N.
Heshami, Khabat
author_facet Banic, Milica
Crescimanna, Valerio
Bourassa, J. Eli
Gonzalez-Arciniegas, Carlos
Alexander, Rafael N.
Heshami, Khabat
contents We describe a method for simulating and characterizing realistic Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) cluster states, rooted in the representation of resource states in terms of sums of Gaussian distributions in phase space. We apply our method to study the generation of single-mode GKP states via cat state breeding, and the formation of multimode GKP cluster states via linear optical circuits and homodyne measurements. We characterize resource states by referring to expectation values of their stabilizers, and witness operators constructed from them. Our method reproduces the results of standard Fock-basis simulations, while being more efficient, and being applicable in a broader parameter space. We also comment on the validity of the heuristic Gaussian random noise (GRN) model, through comparisons with our exact simulations: We find discrepancies in the stabilizer expectation values when homodyne measurement is involved in cluster state preparation, yet we find a close agreement between the two approaches on average.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2504_10606
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Exact simulation of realistic Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill cluster states
Banic, Milica
Crescimanna, Valerio
Bourassa, J. Eli
Gonzalez-Arciniegas, Carlos
Alexander, Rafael N.
Heshami, Khabat
Quantum Physics
We describe a method for simulating and characterizing realistic Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) cluster states, rooted in the representation of resource states in terms of sums of Gaussian distributions in phase space. We apply our method to study the generation of single-mode GKP states via cat state breeding, and the formation of multimode GKP cluster states via linear optical circuits and homodyne measurements. We characterize resource states by referring to expectation values of their stabilizers, and witness operators constructed from them. Our method reproduces the results of standard Fock-basis simulations, while being more efficient, and being applicable in a broader parameter space. We also comment on the validity of the heuristic Gaussian random noise (GRN) model, through comparisons with our exact simulations: We find discrepancies in the stabilizer expectation values when homodyne measurement is involved in cluster state preparation, yet we find a close agreement between the two approaches on average.
title Exact simulation of realistic Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill cluster states
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10606