---
_id: '63534'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  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>
article_number: L042068
author:
- first_name: Luca
  full_name: Bianchi, Luca
  last_name: Bianchi
- first_name: Carlo
  full_name: Marconi, Carlo
  last_name: Marconi
- first_name: Laura
  full_name: Ares, Laura
  last_name: Ares
- first_name: Davide
  full_name: Bacco, Davide
  last_name: Bacco
- first_name: Jan
  full_name: Sperling, Jan
  id: '75127'
  last_name: Sperling
  orcid: 0000-0002-5844-3205
citation:
  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>
  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>
  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} }'
  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>.
  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>.'
  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).
date_created: 2026-01-09T08:02:57Z
date_updated: 2026-01-09T08:03:38Z
department:
- _id: '623'
- _id: '15'
- _id: '170'
- _id: '706'
- _id: '429'
doi: 10.1103/8hy1-m5gg
intvolume: '         7'
issue: '4'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Physical Review Research
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2643-1564
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
status: public
title: Unified boson sampling
type: journal_article
user_id: '75127'
volume: 7
year: '2025'
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