# Photonic quantum simulator for unbiased phase covariant cloning

Photonic quantum simulator for unbiased phase covariant cloning We present the results of a linear optics photonic implementation of a quantum circuit that simulates a phase covariant cloner, using two different degrees of freedom of a single photon. We experimentally simulate the action of two mirrored $$1\rightarrow 2$$ 1 → 2 cloners, each of them biasing the cloned states into opposite regions of the Bloch sphere. We show that by applying a random sequence of these two cloners, an eavesdropper can mitigate the amount of noise added to the original input state and therefore, prepare clones with no bias, but with the same individual fidelity, masking its presence in a quantum key distribution protocol. Input polarization qubit states are cloned into path qubit states of the same photon, which is identified as a potential eavesdropper in a quantum key distribution protocol. The device has the flexibility to produce mirrored versions that optimally clone states on either the northern or southern hemispheres of the Bloch sphere, as well as to simulate optimal and non-optimal cloning machines by tuning the asymmetry on each of the cloning machines. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Physics B Springer Journals

# Photonic quantum simulator for unbiased phase covariant cloning

, Volume 124 (1) – Nov 30, 2017
7 pages

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Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Physics; Physics, general; Physical Chemistry; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices; Quantum Optics; Engineering, general
ISSN
0946-2171
eISSN
1432-0649
D.O.I.
10.1007/s00340-017-6871-z
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