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An essential component of future quantum networks is an optical switch capable of dynamically routing single-photons. Here we implement such a switch, based on a fiber-optical Sagnac interferometer design. The routing is implemented with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 A. Alarcón , P. González , J. Cariñe , G. Lima , G. B. Xavier

Quantum communication has historically been at the forefront of advancements, from fundamental tests of quantum physics to utilizing the quantum-mechanical properties of physical systems for practical applications. In the field of…

We present a design for a quantum key distribution(QKD) system in a Sagnac loop configuration, employing a novel phase modulation scheme based on frequency shift, and demonstrate stable BB84 QKD operation with high interference visibility…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Qi , Lei-Lei Huang , Hoi-Kwong Lo , Li Qian

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a technology that allows two users to exchange keys securely. The decoy state technique enhances the technology, ensuring keys can be shared at high bit rates over long distances with information theoretic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 G. L. Roberts , M. Pittaluga , M. Minder , M. Lucamarini , J. F. Dynes , Z. L. Yuan , A. J. Shields

We experimently demonstrate the interference of dephasing quantum channel using single photon Mach-Zender interferometer. We extract the information inaccessible to the technology of quantum tomography. Further, We introduce the application…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Guo-Yong Xiang , Jian Li , Guang-Can Guo

Recently, our group has demonstrated an ultrafast, low-loss, fiber-loop switch based on a nonlinear Sagnac-interferometer design, using which entangled photons were shown to be routed without any measurable degradation in their entanglement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Yu-Ping Huang , Prem Kumar

Device-independent quantum key distribution protocols allow two honest users to establish a secret key with minimal levels of trust on the provider, as security is proven without any assumption on the inner working of the devices used for…

Quantum key distribution is a key application of quantum mechanics, shaping the future of privacy and secure communications. Many protocols require single photons, often approximated by strongly attenuated laser pulses. Here, we harness the…

In this work, we analyze the behavior of continuum single-photon pulses in some quantum communication schemes. In particular, we consider the single-photon interference in a Mach-Zenhder interferometer, the HOM interference and the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-19 F. F. S. Rios , R. V. Ramos

The ability to inscribe information on single photons at high speeds is a crucial requirement for quantum applications such as quantum communication and measurement-based photonic quantum computation. Nowadays, most experimental…

As a general trend, nanoelectronics experiments are shifting toward frequencies so high that they become comparable to the device's internal characteristic time scales, resulting in new opportunities for studying the dynamical aspects of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 Benoit Gaury , Xavier Waintal

In this paper, we propose a new direction of research for the realization of the quantum controlled-not gate based on a technique called ``interaction-free measurement'', where qubits are two-level atoms (or ions) and information is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Methot , Kai Wicker

We present an experimental method to measure the transverse spatial quantum state of an optical field in coordinate space at the single-photon level. The continuous-variable measurements are made with a photon-counting, parity-inverting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Brian J. Smith , Bryan Killett , M. G. Raymer , I. A. Walmsley , K. Banaszek

In this letter, a high-fidelity single-shot differential quantitative phase microscopy (dQPM) method is presented to effectively image nearly transparent biological samples. The proposed method is based on a common-path Sagnac…

Twin-field quantum key distribution (TFQKD) systems have shown great promise for implementing practical long-distance secure quantum communication due to its measurement-device-independent nature and its ability to offer fundamentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-24 Xiaoqing Zhong , Wenyuan Wang , Reem Mandil , Hoi-Kwong Lo , Li Qian

The quantum SWITCH is an example of a process with an indefinite causal structure, and has attracted attention for its ability to outperform causally ordered computations within the quantum circuit model. To date, realisations of the…

Standard quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols typically assume that the distant parties share a common reference frame. In practice, however, establishing and maintaining a good alignment between distant observers is rarely a trivial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-04 Joshua A. Slater , Cyril Branciard , Nicolas Brunner , Wolfgang Tittel

Polarization-encoded free-space Quantum Communication requires a quantum state source featuring fast polarization modulation, long-term stability and a low intrinsic error rate. Here we present a source based on a Sagnac interferometer and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-27 Marco Avesani , Costantino Agnesi , Andrea Stanco , Giuseppe Vallone , Paolo Villoresi

The light--matter-wave Sagnac interferometer based on ultra-slow light proposed recently in (Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 253201 (2004)) is analyzed in detail. In particular the effect of confining potentials is examined and it is shown that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. E. Zimmer , M. Fleischhauer

We analyze the operation of a novel sensor based on atom interferometry, which can achieve supra-classical sensitivity by exploiting quantum correlations in mixed states of many qubits. The interferometer is based on quantum gates which use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-05 Calum MacCormick , Silvia Bergamini , Chris Mansell , Hugo Cable , Kavan Modi
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