2014/09/30 by Vincenzo Tamma, Simon Laibacher · 2 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical interferometer #Computer science #Interference (communication) #Interferometry #Mathematics #Multi-mode optical fiber #Optical fiber #Optics #Physics #Probability distribution #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Random lasers and scattering media #Sampling (signal processing) #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Statistical physics #Statistics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.90.063836
published as Phys. Rev. A 90, 063836 (2014)
openalex publication_date 2014/12/29 · arxiv created 2015/06/10 · arxiv updated 2015/06/11 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We develop a general description of multiboson interferometry based on correlated measurements in arbitrary passive linear interferometers for multimode thermal sources with arbitrary spectral distributions. The multiorder correlation functions describing the multiboson detection probability rates can be expressed in terms of permanents of positive semidefinite matrices, depending on the interferometer evolution, the spectral distribution of the sources, and the times when the correlated measurements occur. The permanent structure of these multiorder probability rates is a manifestation of the underlying physics of multiboson interference and yields an interesting connection with the so-called boson sampling problem.