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The frequency comb of a multimode interferometer offers exceptional scalability potential for field-encoded quantum information. However, the staple field detection method, homodyne detection, cannot access quantum information in the whole…

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We present a theoretical model which allows to keep track of all photons in an interferometer. The model is implemented in a numerical scheme, and we simulate photon interference measurements on one, two, four, and eight slits. Measurements…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. A. Hofer

We propose to use multi-photon interferences from statistically independent light sources in combination with linear optical detection techniques to enhance the resolution in imaging. Experimental results with up to five independent thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-15 Steffen Oppel , Thomas Büttner , Pieter Kok , Joachim von Zanthier

We measure the decoherence of a spatially separated atomic superposition due to spontaneous photon scattering. We observe a qualitative change in decoherence versus separation as the number of scattered photons increases, and verify…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 David A. Kokorowski , Alex D. Cronin , Tony D. Roberts , David E. Pritchard

We propose a new method to measure the absolute photon absorption cross section of neutral molecules in a molecular beam. It is independent of our knowledge of the particle beam density, nor does it rely on photo-induced fragmentation or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-31 Stefan Nimmrichter , Klaus Hornberger , Hendrik Ulbricht , Markus Arndt

We introduce a fascinating problem of light detection and ranging measurement without necessitating the return of the photon directed towards the target or object. We approach this challenging problem using quantum entanglement - an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Mohit Khurana

Entangling independent photons is not only of fundamental interest but also of crucial importance for quantum information science. Two-photon interference is a major method to entangle independent identical photons. If two photons are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-27 Tian-Ming Zhao , Han Zhang , Jian Yang , Zi-Ru Sang , Xiao Jiang , Xiao-Hui Bao , Jian-Wei Pan

Loop-based boson samplers interfere photons in the time degree of freedom using a sequence of delay lines. Since they require few hardware components while also allowing for long-range entanglement, they are strong candidates for…

In quantum mechanics, photons are bosons -- there is no restriction on the number of them that occupy the same quantum state, so many of them can bunch together, and this is well known as photon bunching effect. However, photon bunching and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Dianwen Zhang

We demonstrate multiphoton interference using a resource-efficient frequency multiplexing scheme, suitable for quantum information applications that demand multiple indistinguishable and pure single photons. In our source,…

Highly entangled biphoton states, generated by spontaneous parametric processes, find wide applications in many experimental realizations. There is an increasing demand for accurate prediction of their time-dependent detection. Unlike…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-06 Julian K. Nauth

We present an experimental method to measure the transverse spatial quantum state of an optical field in coordinate space at the single-photon level. The continuous-variable measurements are made with a photon-counting, parity-inverting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Brian J. Smith , Bryan Killett , M. G. Raymer , I. A. Walmsley , K. Banaszek

Precise measurements are the key to advances in all fields of science. Quantum entanglement shows higher sensitivity than achievable by classical methods. Most physical quantities including position, displacement, distance, angle, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Shi-Long Liu , Shi-Kai Liu , Yin-Hai Li , Dong-Sheng Ding , Guang-Can Guo , Bao-Sen Shi

We examine quantum statistics of optical photons emitted from atomic ensembles which are classically driven and simultaneously coupled to a two-level atom via microwave photon exchange. Quantum statistics and correlations are analyzed by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 Ö. E. Müstecaplıoğlu

Differing from the traditional method of achieving subwavelength interference, we have demonstrated the two-photon subwavelength interference effect of broadband chaotic light in a polarization-selective Michelson interferometer with an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Sheng Luo , Yu Zhou , Huaibin Zheng , Wanting Xu , Jianbin Liu , Hui Chen , Yuchen He , Shuanghao Zhang , Fuli Li , Zhuo Xu

The high-precision interferometric measurement of an unknown phase is the basis for metrology in many areas of science and technology. Quantum entanglement provides an increase in sensitivity, but present techniques have only surpassed the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-25 G. Y. Xiang , B. L. Higgins , D. W. Berry , H. M. Wiseman , G. J. Pryde

In this paper, photonic entanglement and interference are described and analyzed with the language of quantum information process. Correspondingly, a photon state involving several degrees of freedom is represented in a new expression based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-04 F. W. Sun , B. H. Liu , Y. F. Huang , Y. S. Zhang , Z. Y. Ou , G. C. Guo

We describe spontaneous parametric down-conversion experiments in which induced coherence across two coupled interferometers results in high-visibility single-photon interference. Opening additional photon channels allows "which-path"…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-05 A. Heuer , R. Menzel , P. W. Milonni

We bring together a cavity-enhanced light-matter interface with a multimode interferometer (MMI) integrated onto a photonic chip and demonstrate the potential of such hybrid systems to tailor distributed entanglement in a quantum network.…

New technologies providing tight focusing lens and mirrors with large numerical apertures and electro-optic modulation of single photons are now available for the investigation of photon-atom interactions without a cavity. From the…

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