Experimental simulation of symmetry-protected higher-order exceptional points with single photons

K Wang, L Xiao, H Lin, W Yi, EJ Bergholtz, P Xue - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Exceptional points (EPs) of non-Hermitian (NH) systems have recently attracted increasing
attention due to their rich phenomenology and intriguing applications. Compared to the …

Deterministic search on star graphs via quantum walks

D Qu, S Marsh, K Wang, L Xiao, J Wang, P Xue - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
We propose a novel algorithm for quantum spatial search on a star graph using interleaved
continuous-time quantum walks and marking oracle queries. Initializing the system in the …

Entanglement-enhanced quantum metrology in a noisy environment

K Wang, X Wang, X Zhan, Z Bian, J Li, BC Sanders… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
Quantum metrology overcomes standard precision limits and plays a central role in science
and technology. Practically, it is vulnerable to imperfections such as decoherence. Here we …

Experimental implementation of quantum-walk-based portfolio optimization

D Qu, E Matwiejew, K Wang, J Wang… - Quantum Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The application of quantum algorithms has attracted much attention as it holds the promise
of solving practical problems that are intractable to classical algorithms. One such …

Comparing conditions for macrorealism: Leggett-Garg inequalities versus no-signaling in time

JJ Halliwell - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We consider two different types of conditions which were proposed to test macrorealism in
the context of a system described by a single dichotomic variable Q. This is the view that a …

Validating and controlling quantum enhancement against noise by the motion of a qubit

F Nosrati, A Mortezapour, R Lo Franco - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Experimental validation and control of quantum traits for an open quantum system are
important for any quantum information purpose. We consider a traveling atom qubit as a …

State-independent test of quantum contextuality with either single photons or coherent light

D Qu, K Wang, L Xiao, X Zhan, P Xue - npj Quantum Information, 2021 - nature.com
Contextuality is a phenomenon at the heart of quantum mechanics different from classical
behavior and has been recently identified as a resource in quantum information processing …

Experimental test of uncertainty relations for general unitary operators

L Xiao, K Wang, X Zhan, Z Bian, J Li, Y Zhang… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Uncertainty relations are the hallmarks of quantum physics and have been widely
investigated since its original formulation. To understand and quantitatively capture the …

Experimental realization of SWAP operation on hyper-encoded qubits

R Stárek, M Miková, I Straka, M Dušek, M Ježek… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Hyper-encoding enables storing several qubits in a single photon using its different degrees
of freedom like polarization and spatial ones. This approach enables feasible …

Subtleties of witnessing quantum coherence in nonisolated systems

GC Knee, M Marcus, LD Smith, A Datta - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
Identifying nonclassicality unambiguously and inexpensively is a long-standing open
challenge in physics. The no-signaling-in-time protocol was developed as an experimental …