During the last ten years, superconducting circuits have passed from being interesting
physical devices to becoming contenders for near-future useful and scalable quantum …

Boson sampling is a computational problem that has recently been proposed as a candidate
to obtain an unequivocal quantum computational advantage. The problem consists in …

Multi-particle interference is an essential ingredient for fundamental quantum mechanics
phenomena and for quantum information processing to provide a computational advantage …

The difficulty of validating large-scale quantum devices, such as boson samplers, poses a
major challenge for any research program that aims to show quantum advantages over …

Initialization of composite quantum systems into highly entangled states is usually a must to
enable their use for quantum technologies. However, unavoidable noise in the preparation …

Photonic interference is a key quantum resource for optical quantum computation, and in
particular for so-called boson sampling devices. In interferometers with certain symmetries …

Boson sampling represents a promising approach to obtain evidence of the supremacy of
quantum systems as a resource for the solution of computational problems. The classical …

Bosonic interference is a fundamental physical phenomenon, and it is believed to lie at the
heart of quantum computational advantage. It is thus necessary to develop practical tools to …

Photon indistinguishability plays a fundamental role in information processing, with
applications such as linear-optical quantum computation and metrology. It is then necessary …

Particle indistinguishability is at the heart of quantum statistics that regulates fundamental
phenomena such as the electronic band structure of solids, Bose-Einstein condensation and …