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Quantum metrology enables estimation of optical phase shifts with precision beyond the shot-noise limit. One way to exceed this limit is to use squeezed states, where the quantum noise of one observable is reduced at the expense of…

A new entangled quantum state is introduced by applying local coherent superposition (ra^+ +ta) of photon subtraction and addition to each mode of even entangled coherent state (EECS) and the properties of entanglement are investigated. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 Shi-You Liu , Jie-Hui Huang , Li-Yun Hu , Zheng-Lu Duan , Xue-Xiang Xu , Ying-Hua Ji

Photonic quantum computing has recently emerged as a promising candidate for fault-tolerant quantum computing by photonic qubits. These protocols make use of nondeterministic gates, enabling universal quantum computation. However, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-11 Csaba Czabán , Zoltán Kolarovszki , Márton Karácsony , Zoltán Zimborás

The noiseless amplification or attenuation are two heralded filtering operations that enable respectively to increase or decrease the mean field of any quantum state of light with no added noise, at the cost of a small success probability.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Jaromir Fiurasek , Nicolas J. Cerf

Quantum illumination uses quantum entanglement as a resource to enable higher-resolution detection of low-reflectivity targets than is possible with classical techniques. This revolutionary technology could transform modern radar. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Wei Wu , Jun-Hong An

We analyze noise in a quantum-enhanced fiber optic gyroscope (FOG), focusing on one of the leading sources of phase uncertainty - uncorrelated photon saturation. Taking a squeezed state input as a source for N00N states, we compute the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Stefan Evans , Joanna Ptasinski

The use of probabilistic amplification for astronomical imaging is discussed. Probabilistic single photon amplification has been theoretically proven and practically demonstrated in quantum optical laboratories. In astronomy it should allow…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-25 Aglae Kellerer , Peter Marek , Sylvestre Lacour

Entanglement distillation is an indispensable ingredient in extended quantum communication networks. Distillation protocols are necessarily non-deterministic and require advanced experimental techniques such as noiseless amplification.…

The ability to generate particles from the quantum vacuum is one of the most profound consequences of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Although the significance of vacuum fluctuations can be seen throughout physics, the experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-13 P. D. Nation , J. R. Johansson , M. P. Blencowe , Franco Nori

For combining different single photon channels into single path, we use an effective and reliable technique which is known as quantum multiple access. We take advantage of an add-drop multiplexer capable of pushing and withdrawing a single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-29 Vishal Sharma , Subhashish Banerjee

In this paper, we present an algorithm for preparing quantum states of the form $\sum_{i=0}^{n-1} \alpha_i |i\rangle$, where the coefficients $\alpha_i$ are specified by a quantum oracle. Our method achieves this task twice as fast as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-17 Artem Chernikov , Karina Zakharova , Sergey Sysoev

Advances in quantum technologies are accelerating the demand for optical quantum state sensors that combine high precision, versatility, and scalability within a unified hardware platform. Quantum reservoir computing offers a powerful route…

We find that reinforcement exponentially reduces computation time of the quantum search problem from $\sqrt{D}$ to $\ln D$ in a $D$-dimensional system. Therefor, a reinforced quantum search is expected to exhibit an exponentially larger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Marjan Homayouni-Sangari , Abolfazl Ramezanpour

Reducing noise in quantum systems is a major challenge towards the application of quantum technologies. Here, we propose and demonstrate a scheme to reduce noise using a quantum autoencoder with rigorous performance guarantees. The quantum…

Theoretical quantum memory design often involves selectively focusing on certain energy levels to mimic an ideal $\Lambda$-configuration, a common approach that may unintentionally overlook the impact of neighboring levels or undesired…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Faezeh Kimiaee Asadi , Janish Kumar , Jiawei Ji , Khabat Heshami , Christoph Simon

Amplitude filtering is concerned with identifying basis-states in a superposition whose amplitudes are greater than a specified threshold; probability filtering is defined analogously for probabilities. Given the scarcity of qubits, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 Debajyoti Bera , Tharrmashastha Sapv

A quantum superposition of two coherent states of light with small amplitude can be obtained by subtracting a photon from a squeezed vacuum state. In experiments this preparation can be made conditioned on the detection of a photon in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-09 Anne E. B. Nielsen , Klaus Mølmer

A method for the determination of absolute quantum detection efficiency is suggested based on the measurement of photocount statistics of twin beams. The measured histograms of joint signal-idler photocount statistics allow to eliminate an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jan Perina , Ondrej Haderka , Vaclav Michalek , Martin Hamar

We study quantum measurement with preselection and postselection, and derive the precise expressions of the measurement results without any restriction on the coupling strength between the system and the measuring device. For a qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-18 Xuanmin Zhu , Yuxiang Zhang , Shengshi Pang , Chang Qiao , Quanhui Liu , Shengjun Wu

The hybrid interferometer integrating an optical parametric amplifier and a beam splitter has the potential to outperform the SU(1,1) interferometer. However, photon loss remains a critical limitation for practical implementation. To…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Qisi Zhou , Tao Jiang , Qingqian Kang , Teng Zhao , Xin Su , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu