Time-bin encoding qudits

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Time-bin encoding is a technique used in Quantum information science to encode a qubit of information on a photon. Wikipedia

Is there a generalization for $n$-th level qudits?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '18 at 23:37

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Yes! The first application of time bin photonic qudits that comes to mind is for quantum key distribution. Here's an example: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01139. I am sure there are more references out there though!

answered Dec 10 '18 at 23:37

Jake

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '18 at 10:26

There is a number of groups using time-bin encoding to realise computation/communication protocols.

One example is Furusawa's group in Japan, which among other things works on measurement-based QC with time-bin encoding (e.g. 1706.06312). Another example that comes to mind is Silberhorn's group in Paderborn. They use time-bin encoding for various things, a random example of which is 1710.06103.

Time-bin encoding qudits

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