KAIST nanophotonics
Geunhee Gwak
KAIST
Experimental characterization of twenty-mode Gaussian quantum process
Gaussian operations are vital tools for constructing desired quantum networks in CV quantum protocols. As advanced quantum research evolves towards more complex scalable quantum networks, implementing multimode Gaussian opera- tion becomes essential. Not only for examining the unknown multimode Gaussian operation but also for controlling the multimode Gaussian operation, charac- terization of multimode Gaussian operation is required. Especially investigating multimode squeezing operation is crucial since it generates nonclassical behav- ior, inducing the quantum advantages. Prior investigations have been conducted only on the multimode linear Gaussian operation. However, in this paper, we experimentally obtained complete information on multimode Gaussian opera- tion, including multimode squeezing operation. With the new method of using coherent and vacuum probe, the transfer matrix T and the noise matrix N was obtained. Characterizing the noise matrix N enables us to determine the noise during the process, working similarly to an indicator of a decoherence-free sub- space. Our method can be further used in many quantum protocols, especially for quantum information processing.