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In this work, we experimentally manipulate the spectrum and phase of a biphoton wave packet in a two-dimensional frequency space. The spectrum is shaped by adjusting the temperature of the crystal, and the phase is controlled by tilting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-14 Rui-Bo Jin , Ryoji Shiina , Ryosuke Shimizu

We have measured quantum interference between two single microwave photons trapped in a superconducting resonator, whose frequencies are initially about 6 GHz apart. We accomplish this by use of a parametric frequency conversion process…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 François Nguyen , Eva Zakka-Bajjani , Raymond W. Simmonds , José Aumentado

Quantum optics plays a crucial role in developing quantum computers on different platforms. In photonics, precise control over light's degrees of freedom, including discrete variables (polarization, photon number, orbital angular momentum)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 J. S. Araujo , K. Khan , A. S. Coelho

We devise an approach to characterizing the intricate interplay between classical and quantum interference of two-photon states in a network, which comprises multiple time-bin modes. By controlling the phases of delocalized single photons,…

We investigate single-photon scattering in a waveguide-QED setup, where a giant molecule composed of two frequency-detuned giant atoms is coupled to two parallel waveguides via multiple connection points. The competition between coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Ze-Quan Zhang , Guang-Zheng Ye , Wei-Xin Chen , Yong Li , Huaizhi Wu

The experimental characterization of multi-photon quantum interference effects in optical networks is essential in many applications of photonic quantum technologies, which include quantum computing and quantum communication as two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-14 Álvaro Navarrete , Wenyuan Wang , Feihu Xu , Marcos Curty

Optical networks are the leading platform for the transfer of information due to their low loss and ability to scale to many information channels using optical frequency modes. To fully leverage the quantum properties of light in this…

Large-scale integrated quantum photonic technologies will require the on-chip integration of identical photon sources with reconfigurable waveguide circuits. Relatively complex quantum circuits have already been demonstrated, but few…

The second-order temporal interference of classical and nonclassical light at an asymmetrical beam splitter is discussed based on two-photon interference in Feynman's path integral theory. The visibility of the second-order interference…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-01 Jianbin Liu , Jingjing Wang , Zhuo Xu

We study the two-photon scattering processes in a one-dimensional waveguide coupled to a two- or three-level giant atom, respectively. The accumulated phase shift between the two coupling points can be utilized to alter the scattering…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-30 Wenju Gu , He Huang , Zhen Yi , Lei Chen , Lihui Sun , Huatang Tan

The interference of non-classical states of light enables quantum-enhanced applications reaching from metrology to computation. Most commonly, the polarisation or spatial location of single photons are used as addressable degrees-of-freedom…

The ability to control multidimensional quantum systems is key for the investigation of fundamental science and for the development of advanced quantum technologies. Here we demonstrate a multidimensional integrated quantum photonic…

Entanglement swapping and heralding are at the heart of many protocols for distributed quantum information. For photons, this typically involves Bell state measurements based on two-photon interference effects. In this context, hybrid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-11 Christian Dangel , Jonas Schmitt , Anthony J. Bennett , Kai Müller , Jonathan J. Finley

We present the experimental realization of spatial quantum correlations of photons that are induced by multiple scattering of squeezed light. The quantum correlation relates photons propagating along two different light trajectories through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-14 Stephan Smolka , Alexander Huck , Ulrik L. Andersen , Ad Lagendijk , Peter Lodahl

Interference of two photons at a beamsplitter is at the core of many quantum photonic technologies, such as quantum key distribution or linear-optics quantum computing. Observing high-visibility interference is challenging because of the…

Wave-particle duality finds a natural application for electrons or light propagating in disordered media where coherent corrections to transport are given by two-wave interference. For scatterers with internal degrees of freedom, these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-03-15 Christian Miniatura , Cord A. Müller , Yin Lu , Guangquan Wang , Berthold-Georg Englert

We report an electrically driven semiconductor single photon source capable of emitting photons with a coherence time of up to 400 ps under fixed bias. It is shown that increasing the injection current causes the coherence time to reduce…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-28 R. B. Patel , A. J. Bennett , K. Cooper , P. Atkinson , C. A. Nicoll , D. A. Ritchie , A. J. Shields

When two indistinguishable single photons are fed into the two input ports of a beam splitter, the photons will coalesce and leave together from the same output port. This is a quantum interference effect, which occurs because the two…

Interference experiments provide a simple yet powerful tool to unravel fundamental features of quantum physics. Here we engineer an RF-driven, time-dependent bilinear coupling that can be tuned to implement a robust 50:50 beamsplitter…

The double-slit experiment strikingly demonstrates the wave-particle duality of quantum objects. In this famous experiment, particles pass one-by-one through a pair of slits and are detected on a distant screen. A distinct wave-like pattern…