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We study non-classical pathways and quantum interference in enhanced ionisation of diatomic molecules in strong laser fields using machine learning techniques. Quantum interference provides a bridge, which facilitates intramolecular…

An experiment is proposed in which the overall path taken by a photon is indicated by the timing of a twin herald photon, while a particular segment of that path is determined by interference. The experiment is to be carried out in two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Louis Sica

The on-chip integration of quantum light sources has enabled the realization of complex quantum photonic circuits. However, for the practical implementation of such circuits in quantum information applications it is crucial to develop…

Improved quantum sensing of photons from astronomical objects could provide high resolution observations in the optical benefiting numerous fields, including general relativity, dark matter studies, and cosmology. It has been recently…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-03 Paul Stankus , Andrei Nomerotski , Anže Slosar , Stephen Vintskevich

We report the observation of phase-super resolution in a motion-sensitive spin-wave (SW) atom interferometer utilizing a NOON-type entanged state. The SW interferometer is implemented by generating a superposition of two SWs and observing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-10 Yu-Ao Chen , Xiao-Hui Bao , Zhen-Sheng Yuan , Shuai Chen , Bo Zhao , Jian-Wei Pan

If identical photons meet at a semi-transparent mirror they appear to leave in the same direction, an effect called "two-photon interference". It has been known for some time that this effect should occur for photons generated by dissimilar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-07 A. J. Bennett , R. B. Patel , C. A. Nicoll , D. A. Ritchie , A. J. Shields

Entanglement is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics, considered a key resource in quantum information processing. Measuring entanglement is an essential step in a wide range of applied and foundational quantum experiments. When a…

Polarization state of biphoton light generated via collinear frequency-degenerate spontaneous parametric down-conversion is considered. A biphoton is described by a three-component polarization vector, its arbitrary transformations relating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. V. Burlakov , M. V. Chekhova , O. A. Karabutova , D. N. Klyshko , S. P. Kulik

Genuine quantum interference between independent nonlinear processes of different order provides a route to coherent control that cannot be reduced to a classical field interference. Here we present an all-optical analogue of coherent…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-27 Alessia Stefano , Samuel E. Fontaine , J. E. Sipe , Marco Liscidini

The controlled interaction between a single, trapped, laser-driven atom and the mode of a high-finesse optical cavity allows for the generation of temporally separated, entangled light pulses. Entanglement between the photon-number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 David Vitali , Priscilla Canizares , Juergen Eschner , Giovanna Morigi

We observe polarization-entanglement between four photons produced from a single down-conversion source. The non-classical correlations between the measurement results violate a generalized Bell inequality for four qubits. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Eibl , S. Gaertner , M. Bourennane , Ch. Kurtsiefer , M. Zukowski , H. Weinfurter

The interaction of quantum objects lies at the heart of fundamental quantum physics and is key to a wide range of quantum information technologies. Photon-quantum-emitter interactions are among the most widely studied. Two-qubit…

This paper proposes a machine learning method to characterize photonic states via a simple optical circuit and data processing of photon number distributions, such as photonic patterns. The input states consist of two coherent states used…

We describe a protocol capable of preparing an arbitrary state of two photons in several spatial modes using pairs of photons generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion, linear optical elements and single-photon detectors or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Karel Lemr , Jaromir Fiurasek

Conventional nonlinear spectroscopy uses classical light to detect matter properties through the variation of its response with frequencies or time delays. Quantum light opens up new avenues for spectroscopy by utilizing parameters of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Konstantin E. Dorfman , Frank Schlawin , Shaul Mukamel

Using spontaneous parametric down conversion and a 50:50 beam splitter, we generate coaxial polarization-entangled photon pairs, of which the two photons are far separated from each other. The photons are then sent one by one through one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-05-06 Xian-Min Jin , Cheng-Zhi Peng , Tao Yang , Youjin Deng

Squeezed states are a versatile class of quantum states with applications ranging from quantum computing to high-precision detection. We propose a method for generating tunable squeezed states of light with multiple modes encoded in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-22 Christian Drago , Agata M. Brańczyk

The smallest spot in optical lithography and microscopy is generally limited by diffraction. Quantum lithography, which utilizes interference between groups of N entangled photons, was recently proposed to beat the diffraction limit by a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-06 Avi Pe'er , Barak Dayan , Marija Vucelja , Yaron Silberberg , Asher A. Friesem

We explore the advantages offered by twin light beams produced in parametric down-conversion for precision measurement. The symmetry of these bipartite quantum states, even under losses, suggests that monitoring correlations between the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-20 Hugo Cable , Gabriel A. Durkin

Entangled photon pairs are essential for many applications in quantum technologies. Recent theoretical studies demonstrated that different types of entangled Bell states can be created in a constantly driven four-level quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-21 Tim Seidelmann , Michael Cosacchi , Moritz Cygorek , Doris E. Reiter , Alexei Vagov , Vollrath Martin Axt