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Qubits may be implemented with different quantum systems, e.g. atoms, photons, plasmons, quantum dots and ions. In this work I focus the attention on photonic implementations.

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    We are assuming the injected photons to be indistinguishable.

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Sansoni, L. (2014). Quantum Information with Photonics. In: Integrated Devices for Quantum Information with Polarization Encoded Qubits. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07103-9_3

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