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This work is the development and analysis of the recently proposed quantum cryptographic protocol, based on the use of the two-mode coherently correlated states. The protocol is supplied with the cryptographic control procedures. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Constantin V. Usenko , Vladyslav C. Usenko

We significantly extend recently developed methods to faithfully reconstruct unknown quantum states that are approximately low-rank, using only a few measurement settings. Our new method is general enough to allow for measurements from a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-11 Matthias Ohliger , Vincent Nesme , David Gross , Yi-Kai Liu , Jens Eisert

Quantum lithography achieves phase super-resolution using fragile, experimentally challenging entangled states of light. We propose a scalable scheme for creating features narrower than classically achievable, with reduced use of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Shamir Rosen , Itai Afek , Yonatan Israel , Oron Ambar , Yaron Silberberg

The ability to efficiently characterize the spatial correlations of entangled states of light is critical for applications of many quantum technologies such as quantum imaging. Here, we demonstrate highly efficient theoretical and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Mahtab Amooei , Girish Kulkarni , Jeremy Upham , Robert W. Boyd

Determining an unknown quantum state from an ensemble of identical systems is a fundamental, yet experimentally demanding, task in quantum science. Here we study the number of measurement bases needed to fully characterize an arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-11 Leonardo Banchi , W. Steven Kolthammer , M. S. Kim

Squeezed states of light are one of the most important fundamental resources for quantum optics, optical quantum information processing and quantum sensing. Recently, it has been experimentally demonstrated that the squeezing of single-mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Jaromír Fiurášek , Stephan Grebien , Roman Schnabel

Quantum spectroscopy seeks to probe chemical systems using nonclassical light, which has properties that are qualitatively and quantitatively different than conventional light sources. One promising technique uses intensity-correlated twin…

We generate spatially multimode twin beams using 4-wave mixing in a hot atomic vapor in a phase-insensitive traveling-wave amplifier configuration. The far-field coherence area measured at 3.5 MHz is shown to be much smaller than the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Boyer , A. M. Marino , P. D. Lett

In this work a quantum imaging setup based on undetected squeezed photons is employed for metrological applications such as sensitive phase measurement and quantum imaging. In spite of the traditional quantum imaging with undetected…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 S. Samimi , Z. Ghasemi , H. Mohammadi

The squeezed state of the electromagnetic field can be generated in many nonlinear optical processes and finds a wide range of applications in quantum information processing and quantum metrology. This article reviews the basic properties…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-29 A. I. Lvovsky

We study the characteristics of the quantum state of light produced by a conditional preparation protocol totally performed in the continuous variable regime. It relies on conditional measurements on quantum intensity correlated bright twin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Julien Laurat , Thomas Coudreau , Nicolas Treps , Agnes Maitre , Claude Fabre

The ability to engineer the quantum state of traveling optical fields is a central requirement for quantum information science and technology, including quantum communication, computing and metrology. In this video article, we describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 Olivier Morin , Jianli Liu , Kun Huang , Felippe A. S. Barbosa , Claude Fabre , Julien Laurat

We propose an efficient approach to generate the superposed macroscopically squeezed states with enhanced squeezing in a two-mode optomechanical system. This can be achieved by introducing a sinusoidal modulation to either the cavity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 Sai-Nan Huai , Wei Nie , Yun-bo Zhang , Yu-xi Liu

Quantum light is a key resource for promoting quantum technology. One such class of technology aims to improve the precision of optical measurements using engineered quantum states of light. In this study, we investigate transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Akihito Ishizaki

We present an experimental method for creating and verifying photon-number states created by non-degenerate, third-order nonlinear-optical photon-pair sources. By using spatially multiplexed, thresholding single-photon detectors and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-14 Roger A. Smith , Dileep V. Reddy , Dashiell L. P. Vitullo , M. G. Raymer

We report quantum communications channel using photon number correlated twin beams. The twin beams are generated from a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator, and the photon number difference is used to encode the signal. The bit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Yun Zhang , Katsuyuki Kasai , Kazuhiro Hayasaka

We demonstrate a new four-wave mixing (4WM) geometry based on structured light. By utilizing near-field diffraction through a narrow slit, the pump beam is asymmetrically structured to modify the phase matching condition, generating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Jon D. Swaim , Erin M. Knutson , Onur Danaci , Ryan T. Glasser

Observing nonlinear optical quantum effects or implementing quantum information protocols using nonlinear optics requires moving to ever-smaller input light intensities. However, low light intensities generally mean weak optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 Audrey Dot , Evan Meyer-Scott , Raja Ahmad , Martin Rochette , Thomas Jennewein

Employing electro-optic sampling (EOS) with ultrashort probe pulses, recent experiments showed direct measurements of quantum vacuum fields and their correlations on subcycle timescales. Here, we propose a quantum-enhanced EOS where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Stéphane Virally , Patrick Cusson , Denis V. Seletskiy

Quantum optical technologies promise advances in sensing, computing, and communication. A key resource is squeezed light, where quantum noise is redistributed between optical quadratures. We introduce a monolithic, chip-scale platform that…