Six-qubit two-photon hyperentangled cluster states: characterization and
  application to quantum computation

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Six-qubit cluster states built on the simultaneous entanglement of two photons in three independent degrees of freedom, i.e. polarization and a double longitudinal momentum, have been recently demonstrated. We present here the peculiar entanglement properties of the linear cluster state \(\LCtilde\) related to the three degrees of freedom. This state has been adopted to realize various kinds of Controlled NOT (CNOT) gates, obtaining in all the cases high values of the gate fidelity. Our results demonstrate that a number of qubits \(\leq\)10 in cluster states of two photons entangled in multiple degrees of freedom is achievable. Furthermore, these states represent a promising approach towards scalable quantum computation in a medium term time scale. The future perspectives of a hybrid approach to one-way quantum computing based on multi-degree of freedom and multi-photon cluster states are also discussed in the conclusions of this paper.

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