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Nonlinear optical processes are strongly dominated by phase relationships among electromagnetic fields that are relevant to its optical process. In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally show, as a typical example, that in a…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-14 C. Ohae , J. Zheng , K. Ito , M. Suzuki , K. Minoshima , M. Katsuragawa

We map the topological properties of a one dimensional superlattice to the optical properties of an electronic system. We find that the nonlinear-optical response is optimized for electrons that live in the transitional morphology between…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-26 Ethan L. Crowell , Mark G. Kuzyk

We show how to describe the coupling of electrons to non-uniform magnetic fields in the framework of the widely used norm-conserving pseudopotential appro ximation for electronic structure calculations. Our derivation applies to magnetic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Chris J. Pickard , Francesco Mauri

We study the production of entangled two- and N-mode quantum states of light in optical waveguides. To this end, we propose a quantum photonic circuit that produces a reconfigurable superposition of photon subtraction on two single-mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-05 David Barral , Jesús Liñares , Daniel Balado

Controlling light polarization is one of the most essential routines in modern optical technology. Since the demonstration of optical pulse shaping by spatial light modulators and its potential in controlling the quantum reaction pathways,…

We develop a technique for generating multi-photon nonclassical states via interference between coherent and Fock states using quantum catalysis. By modulating the coherent field strength, the number of catalyst photons and the ratio of the…

Quantum technologies are developing powerful tools to generate and manipulate coherent superpositions of different energy levels. Envisaging a new generation of energy-efficient quantum devices, here we explore how coherence can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-06 Giulio Chiribella , Yuxiang Yang

The role of entanglement in determining the non-classicality of a given interaction has gained significant traction over the last few years. In particular, as the basis for new experimental proposals to test the quantum nature of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-15 A. Douglas K. Plato , Dennis Rätzel , Chuanqi Wan

The quantum theory of electromagnetic radiation predicts characteristic statistical fluctuations for light sources as diverse as sunlight, laser radiation and molecule fluorescence. Indeed, these underlying statistical fluctuations of light…

Ultrastrong light-matter coupling opens exciting possibilities to generate squeezed quantum states and entanglement. Here we propose a way to achieve this regime in superconducting hybrid nanostructures with ferromagnetic interlayers.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-07 Mikhail Silaev

Different nanofabricated superconducting circuits based on Josephson junctions have already achieved a degree of quantum coherence sufficient to demonstrate coherent superpositions of their quantum states. These circuits are considered for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Collin , G. Ithier , A. Aassime , P. Joyez , D. Vion , D. Esteve

Interference of spin-up and spin-down eigenstates depicts spin rotation of electrons, which is a fundamental concept of quantum mechanics and accepts technological challenges for the electrical spin manipulation. Here, we visualize this…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-10-28 Kenta Kuroda , Koichiro Yaji , M. Nakayama , A. Harasawa , Y. Ishida , S. Watanabe , C. -T. Chen , T. Kondo , F. Komori , S. Shin

Quantum light-matter systems at strong coupling are notoriously challenging to analyze due to the need to include states with many excitations in every coupled mode. We propose a nonperturbative approach to analyze light-matter correlations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-15 Yuto Ashida , Atac Imamoglu , Eugene Demler

The control and manipulation of quantum-entangled non-local states is a crucial step for the development of quantum information processing. A promising route to achieve such states on a wide scale is to couple solid-state quantum emitters…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-06 J. -B Trebbia , Q Deplano , P Tamarat , B Lounis

We study macroscopic quantum tunneling of the magnetic moment in a single-domain particle placed above the surface of a superconductor. Such a setup allows one to manipulate the height of the energy barrier, preserving the degeneracy of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eugene M. Chudnovsky , Jonathan R. Friedman

Laser control of molecular rotation is an area of active research. A number of recent studies has aimed at expanding the reach of rotational control to extreme, previously inaccessible rotational states, as well as controlling the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-13 V. Milner , J. W. Hepburn

The purpose of this paper is to determine quantum master and filter equations for systems coupled to fields in certain non-classical continuous-mode states. Specifically, we consider two types of field states (i) single photon states, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-18 J. E. Gough , M. R. James , H. I. Nurdin

We propose a scheme for creating atomic coherent superpositions via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in a Lambda-type system where the final state has twofold levels. In the employ of a control field, the presence of double dark states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yueping Niu , Shangqing Gong , Ruxin Li , Shiqi Jin

Nonlinear optical frequency conversion, where optical fields interact with a nonlinear medium to generate new frequencies, is a key phenomenon in modern photonic systems. However, a major challenge with these techniques lies in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-05 Simone Grillo , Elena Cannuccia , Maurizia Palummo , Olivia Pulci , Claudio Attaccalite

We propose a scheme to create coherent superpositions of annular flow of strongly-interacting bosonic atoms in a 1D ring trap. The non-rotating ground state is coupled to a vortex state with mesoscopic angular momentum by means of a narrow…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-03-11 David W. Hallwood , Thomas Ernst , Joachim Brand