EFFICIENT SCHEME FOR PREPARING POLARIZATION-ENTANGLED PHOTONIC CLUSTER STATES BASED ON CROSS-KERR NONLINEARITY

摘要

A scheme is proposed for generating a polarization four-photon cluster, which is believed to be suitable to achieve the one-way quantum computing via single-qubit projective measurements, with the help of only cross-Kerr nonlinearity and current linear optical systems. Compared with the existing schemes, the distinct advantage of the present scheme is that cluster states can be achieved with high success probability close to unity. Our scheme is experimentally demanding but efficient. Based on the present scheme, the cluster state of 3N + 1 photons can be obtained with the help of linear optical elements.