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Disposing of simple and efficient sources for photonic states with non-classical photon statistics is of paramount importance for implementing quantum computation and communication protocols. In this work, we propose an innovative approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 M. F. Melalkia , J. Huynh , S. Tanzilli , V. D'Auria , J. Etesse

Nonlinear squeezing is a property of non-Gaussian states of light with an important application in continuous variable quantum computing. We study the generation of nonlinear squeezing in multimode systems produced by the photon-added…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Vojtěch Kala , Denis Kopylov , Petr Marek , Polina Sharapova

Multimode squeezed states of light have been proposed as a resource for achieving quantum advantage in computing and sensing. Recent experiments that demonstrate multimode Gaussian states to this end have most commonly opted for spatial or…

We study the measurement-induced non-Gaussian operation on the single- and two-mode \textit{Gaussian} squeezed vacuum states with beam splitters and on-off type photon detectors, with which \textit{mixed non-Gaussian} states are generally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Akira Kitagawa , Masahiro Takeoka , Kentaro Wakui , Masahide Sasaki

The research focused on enhancing the measurement accuracy through the use of non-Gaussian states has garnered increasing attention. In this study, we propose a scheme to input the coherent state mixed with photon-catalyzed squeezed vacuum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Zekun Zhao , Qingqian Kang , Huan Zhang , Teng Zhao , Cunjin Liu , Liyun Hu

We propose a high-rate generation method of optical Schr\"{o}dinger's cat states. Thus far, photon subtraction from squeezed vacuum states has been a standard method in cat-state generation, but its constraints on experimental parameters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-13 Kan Takase , Jun-ichi Yoshikawa , Warit Asavanant , Mamoru Endo , Akira Furusawa

The cubic phase state constitutes a nonlinear resource that is essential for universal quantum computing protocols. However, constructing such non-classical states faces many challenges. In this work, we present a protocol for generating a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Harsh Kashyap , Denis A. Kopylov , Polina R. Sharapova

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

We theoretically demonstrate via numerical modeling that fully degenerate triple-photon states generated by three-mode spontaneous parametric down-conversion can be categorized into four distinct states: 0-phase, $\pi$/2-phase, $\pi$-phase,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Da Zhang , Yu Zhang , Juan Gao

In this work, we introduce a non-Gaussian quantum state named excited squeezed vacuum state (ESVS), which can be ustilized to describe quantum light field emitted from the multiphoton quantum process occurred in some restricted quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Xubing Tang , Fang Gao , Yaoxiong Wan , Jianguang Wu , Feng Shuang

We suggest a scheme of using two-mode squeezed vacuum for conditional teleportation of quantum states of optical field. Alice mixes the input state with one of the squeezed modes on another squeezing device and detects the output photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Clausen , T. Opatrny , D. -G. Welsch

Direct photon detection is experimentally implemented to measure the squeezing and purity of a single-mode squeezed vacuum state without an interferometric homodyne detection. Following a recent theoretical proposal [arXiv…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Wenger , J. Fiurasek , R. Tualle-Brouri , N. J. Cerf , Ph. Grangier

Quantum states with nonlinear squeezing are a necessary resource for deterministic implementation of high-order quadrature phase gates that are, in turn, sufficient for advanced quantum information processing. We demonstrate that this class…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-15 Šimon Bräuer , Petr Marek

Quantum information processing using photons has recently been stimulated by the suggestion to use linear optics, single photon sources and detectors. The recent work by Knill has also shown that errors in photon detectors leads to a high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Casey R. Myers , Marie Ericsson , Raymond Laflamme

Photon antibunching is a quantum phenomenon typically observed in strongly nonlinear systems where photon blockade suppresses the probability for detecting two photons at the same time. Antibunching has also been reported with Gaussian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-24 Marc-Antoine Lemonde , Nicolas Didier , Aashish A. Clerk

We propose two experimental schemes for producing coherent-state superpositions which approximate different nonclassical states conditionally in traveling optical fields. Although these setups are constructed of a small number of linear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-21 Emese Molnar , Peter Adam , Gabor Mogyorosi , Matyas Mechler

We study the precise phase estimation using squeezed states with photon losses present. Our exact quantum Fisher information calculation shows significant quantum enhancement and thus reveals the benchmark for practical quantum metrology in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-13 Xiao-Xiao Zhang , Yu-Xiang Yang , Xiang-Bin Wang

Squeezed states of light have been improving the sensitivity of gravitational-wave observatories and are nonclassical resources of quantum cryptography and envisioned photonic quantum computers. The higher the squeeze factor is, the higher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 Stephan Grebien , Julian Goettsch , Boris Hage , Jaromir Fiurasek , Roman Schnabel

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…

We present an architecture for the generation of GKP states in which quadrature squeezing operations are used to control the average photon number statistics of probabilistic photon number measurements on Gaussian resource states.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-03 Paul Renault , Patrick Yard , Raphael Pooser , Hussain Zaidi