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We propose a new scheme for measuring the quantum efficiency of photon counting detectors by using correlated pho-tons. The measurement technique is based on a 90 rotation of the polarization of one photon member of a correlated pair…

We present an entanglement criterion for two mode squeezed states which relies on particle counting only. The proposed inequality is optimal for the state under consideration and robust against particle losses up to 2/3. As it does not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-16 Christine A. Muschik , Eugene S. Polzik , J. Ignacio Cirac

We investigate the use of correlated photon pair sources for the improved quantum-level detection of a target in the presence of a noise background. Photon pairs are generated by spontaneous four-wave mixing, one photon from each pair (the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 Duncan G. England , Bhashyam Balaji , Benjamin J. Sussman

Entanglement constitutes a key characteristic feature of quantum matter. Its detection, however, still faces major challenges. In this letter, we formulate a framework for probing entanglement based on machine learning techniques. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Jun Yong Khoo , Markus Heyl

Spin-entaglement has been proposed and extensively used in the case of correlated triplet pairs which are intermediate states in singlet fission process in select organic semiconductors. Here, we employ quantum process tomography of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada , Ilaria Bargigia , Eric R. Bittner , Carlos Silva

We suggest and demonstrate experimentally a strategy to obtain relevant information about a composite system by only performing measurements on a small and easily accessible part of it, which we call quantum probe. We show in particular how…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-15 Andrea Smirne , Simone Cialdi , Giorgio Anelli , Matteo G. A. Paris , Bassano Vacchini

We emphasize the Bell state analyzer, a beamsplitter, as an efficient means of detecting two-photon polarization entanglement. Whereas the optimal entanglement witness for spatially separated photons requires coordinated measurement in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-14 Brian P. Williams , Travis S. Humble

Quantum imaging is an advanced method for microscopy or investigating the optical properties of materials or bio-medical inspections with high accuracy, low noise, and extremely low photo-damage. In previous work, we proposed a quantum…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-09 Mousume Samad , Maki Shimizu , Yasuto Hijikata

I consider several interesting aspects of a new light source, a two-level atom, or N two-level atoms inside an Optical Parametric Oscillator. We find that in the weak driving limit, detection of a transmitted or fluorescent photon generates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Perry R. Rice

We report an experiment that demonstrates full function of a quantum router using entangled photons, where the paths of a single-photon pulse are controlled in a coherent fashion by polarization of another single photon. Through a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-15 X. -Y. Chang , Y. -X. Wang , C. Zu , K. Liu , L. -M. Duan

Transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) enable atomic-scale imaging and characterisation, driving advances across fields from materials science to biology. Quantum correlations, specifically entanglement, may provide a basis for novel…

We introduce a method for determining the sensitivity of any given Entangled Two-Photon Absorption (ETPA) measurement. By modeling all signal and noise contributions to the measurement, we derive a single numerical value that describes the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 René Pollmann , Franz Roeder , Christine Silberhorn , Benjamin Brecht

We describe an experiment in which a physical qubit represented by the polarization state of a single-photon was probabilistically encoded in the logical state of two photons. The experiment relied on linear optics, post-selection, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. B. Pittman , B. C Jacobs , J. D. Franson

Path-entangled multi-photon states allow optical phase-sensing beyond the shot-noise limit, provided that an efficient parity measurement can be implemented. Realising this experimentally is technologically demanding, as it requires…

We address the experimental determination of entanglement for systems made of a pair of polarization qubits. We exploit quantum estimation theory to derive optimal estimators, which are then implemented to achieve ultimate bound to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 G. Brida , I. P. Degiovanni , A. Florio , M. Genovese , P. Giorda , A. Meda , M. G. A. Paris , A. Shurupov

We study the photon emission from a quantum dot embedded in a microcavity. Incoherent pumping of its excitons and biexciton provokes the emission of leaky and cavity modes. By solving a master equation we obtain the correlation functions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. I. Perea , C. Tejedor

Quantum entanglement, one of the defining features of quantum mechanics, has been demonstrated in a variety of nonlinear spin-like systems. Quantum entanglement in linear systems has proven significantly more challenging, as the intrinsic…

All optical detectors to date annihilate photons upon detection, thus excluding repeated measurements. Here, we demonstrate a robust photon detection scheme which does not rely on absorption. Instead, an incoming photon is reflected off an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 Andreas Reiserer , Stephan Ritter , Gerhard Rempe

Polarization-sensitive receivers for single photons are of crucial importance in various applications within the fields of quantum communication and quantum sensing, and are more commonly implemented in free-space optics rather than in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-02 Tomáš Novák , Carlos Guerra-Yánez , Matěj Holubička , Josef Vojtěch , Josef Blažej

We investigate optimal discrimination between two projective single-qubit measurements in a scenario where the measurement can be performed only once. We consider general setting involving a tunable fraction of inconclusive outcomes and we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 M. Mikova , M. Sedlak , I. Straka , M. Micuda , M. Ziman , M. Jezek , M. Dusek , J. Fiurasek