[{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication":"Physical Review Research","abstract":[{"text":"<jats:p>Boson sampling is a key candidate for demonstrating quantum advantage and has already yielded significant advances in quantum simulation, machine learning, and graph theory. In this work, a unification and extension of distinct forms of boson sampling is developed. The devised protocol merges discrete-variable scattershot boson sampling with continuous-variable Gaussian boson sampling. Therefore, it is rendered possible to harness the complexity of more interesting states, such as squeezed photons, in advanced sampling protocols. A generating function formalism is developed for the joint description of multiphoton and multimode light undergoing Gaussian transformations. The resulting analytical tools enable one to explore interfaces of different photonic quantum-information-processing platforms. A numerical simulation of unified sampling is carried out, benchmarking its performance, complexity, and scalability. Entanglement is characterized to exemplify the generation of quantum correlations from the nonlinear interactions of a unified sampler.</jats:p>","lang":"eng"}],"date_created":"2026-01-09T08:02:57Z","publisher":"American Physical Society (APS)","title":"Unified boson sampling","issue":"4","year":"2025","user_id":"75127","department":[{"_id":"623"},{"_id":"15"},{"_id":"170"},{"_id":"706"},{"_id":"429"}],"_id":"63534","article_number":"L042068","type":"journal_article","status":"public","author":[{"first_name":"Luca","full_name":"Bianchi, Luca","last_name":"Bianchi"},{"last_name":"Marconi","full_name":"Marconi, Carlo","first_name":"Carlo"},{"full_name":"Ares, Laura","last_name":"Ares","first_name":"Laura"},{"last_name":"Bacco","full_name":"Bacco, Davide","first_name":"Davide"},{"full_name":"Sperling, Jan","id":"75127","orcid":"0000-0002-5844-3205","last_name":"Sperling","first_name":"Jan"}],"volume":7,"date_updated":"2026-01-09T08:03:38Z","doi":"10.1103/8hy1-m5gg","publication_status":"published","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2643-1564"]},"citation":{"ieee":"L. Bianchi, C. Marconi, L. Ares, D. Bacco, and J. Sperling, “Unified boson sampling,” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 7, no. 4, Art. no. L042068, 2025, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg\">10.1103/8hy1-m5gg</a>.","chicago":"Bianchi, Luca, Carlo Marconi, Laura Ares, Davide Bacco, and Jan Sperling. “Unified Boson Sampling.” <i>Physical Review Research</i> 7, no. 4 (2025). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg\">https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg</a>.","ama":"Bianchi L, Marconi C, Ares L, Bacco D, Sperling J. Unified boson sampling. <i>Physical Review Research</i>. 2025;7(4). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg\">10.1103/8hy1-m5gg</a>","mla":"Bianchi, Luca, et al. “Unified Boson Sampling.” <i>Physical Review Research</i>, vol. 7, no. 4, L042068, American Physical Society (APS), 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg\">10.1103/8hy1-m5gg</a>.","short":"L. Bianchi, C. Marconi, L. Ares, D. Bacco, J. Sperling, Physical Review Research 7 (2025).","bibtex":"@article{Bianchi_Marconi_Ares_Bacco_Sperling_2025, title={Unified boson sampling}, volume={7}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg\">10.1103/8hy1-m5gg</a>}, number={4L042068}, journal={Physical Review Research}, publisher={American Physical Society (APS)}, author={Bianchi, Luca and Marconi, Carlo and Ares, Laura and Bacco, Davide and Sperling, Jan}, year={2025} }","apa":"Bianchi, L., Marconi, C., Ares, L., Bacco, D., &#38; Sperling, J. (2025). Unified boson sampling. <i>Physical Review Research</i>, <i>7</i>(4), Article L042068. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg\">https://doi.org/10.1103/8hy1-m5gg</a>"},"intvolume":"         7"}]