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Simulability of Imperfect Gaussian and Superposition Boson Sampling

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arxiv 1911.10112 v1 pith:GOG77ORE submitted 2019-11-22 quant-ph

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keywords bosonsamplingdistinguishabilitygaussiansuperpositionhardnessphotonproblem
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We study the hardness of classically simulating Gaussian boson sampling at nonzero photon distinguishability. We find that similar to regular boson sampling, distinguishability causes exponential attenuation of the many-photon interference terms in Gaussian boson sampling. Barring an open problem in the theory of matrix permanents, this leads to an efficient classical algorithm to simulate Gaussian boson sampling in the presence of distinguishability. We also study a new form of boson sampling based on photon number superposition states, for which we also show noise sensivity. The fact that such superposition boson sampling is not simulable with out method at zero distinguishability is the first evidence for the computational hardness of this problem.

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