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Quantum information processing has conceptually changed the way we process and transmit information. Quantum physics, which explains the strange behaviour of matter at the microscopic dimensions, has matured into a quantum technology that…

We present here an all--optical scheme for the experimental realization of a quantum phase gate. It is based on the polarization degree of freedom of two travelling single photon wave-packets and exploits giant Kerr nonlinearities that can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Carlo Ottaviani , David Vitali , Maurizio Artoni , Francesco Cataliotti , Paolo Tombesi

Polarization is one of the basic properties of electromagnetic waves conveying valuable information in signal transmission and sensitive measurements. Conventional methods for advanced polarization control impose demanding requirements on…

The method proposed in [I.R. Khairulin et al., JETP Letters 117(9), 652 (2023)] for converting the linearly polarized radiation of high-order harmonics of an optical field into the circularly polarized in an optically modulated active…

Harnessing high-dimensional entangled states of light presents a frontier for advancing quantum information technologies, from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to enhanced computation and communication protocols. In this context, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 A. Raymond , A. Zecchetto , J. Palomo , M. Morassi , A. Lemaître , F. Raineri , M. I. Amanti , S. Ducci , F. Baboux

Interference between fully-independent faint laser sources over two 8.5-km full polarization-controlled fiber links was performed, with stable visibility of 47.8%, an essential step towards practical implementation of quantum communication…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-09 T. Ferreira da Silva , D. Vitoreti , G. B. Xavier , G. P. Temporão , J. P. von der Weid

Accurately controlling the quantum coherence of photons is pivotal for their applications in quantum sensing and quantum imaging. Here, we propose the utilization of quantum entanglement and local phase manipulation techniques to control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Dianzhen Cui , Xi-Lin Wang , X. X. Yi , Li-Ping Yang

The polarization controlled optical signal routing has many important applications in photonics such as polarization beam splitter. By using two-dimensional transmission lines with lumped elements, we experimentally demonstrate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 Zhiwei Guo , Haitao Jiang , Yang Long , Kun Yu , Jie Ren , Chunhua Xue , Hong Chen

We describe a broadband optical device that is capable of rotating the polarization plane of a linearly polarized light at any desired angle over a wide range of wavelengths. The device is composed of a sequence of half-wave plates rotated…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-23 Andon A. Rangelov , Elica Kyoseva

The influence has been studied of the ionization laser polarization on the effective temperature of an ultracold electron source, which is based on near-threshold photoionization. This source is capable of producing both high-intensity and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-12-24 W. J. Engelen , D. J. Bakker , O. J. Luiten , E. J. D. Vredenbregt

Physical systems with discrete energy levels are ubiquitous in nature and are fundamental building blocks of quantum technology. Realizing controllable artifcial atom- and molecule-like systems for light would allow for coherent and dynamic…

Controlling the polarization and wavefront of light is essential for compact photonic systems in modern science and technology. This may be achieved by metasurfaces, a new platform that has radically changed the way people engineer…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-14 Guowen Ding , Ke Chen , Na Zhang , Junming Zhao , Tian Jiang , Yijun Feng

Photon pairs produced by the pulse-pumped nonlinear parametric processes have been a workhorse of quantum information science. Engineering the spectral property of the photon pairs is crucial in practical applications. In this article, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Liang Cui , Jinjin Wang , Jiamin Li , Mingyi Ma , Z. Y. Ou , Xiaoying Li

The polarization of light is critical in various applications, including quantum communication, where the photon polarization encoding a qubit can undergo uncontrolled changes when transmitted through optical fibers. Bends in the fiber,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Niklas Braband , Arman Mansouri , Riza Fazili , Stefanie Czischek , Jeff S. Lundeen

Integrated quantum optics has drastically reduced the size of table-top optical experiments to the chip-scale, allowing for demonstrations of large-scale quantum information processing and quantum simulation. However, despite these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-27 Aseema Mohanty , Mian Zhang , Avik Dutt , Sven Ramelow , Paulo Nussenzveig , Michal Lipson

Polarized atomic ensembles play a crucial role in precision measurements. We demonstrate a novel method of creating atomic polarization in an alkali vapor in a continuous-wave regime. The method relies on a combination of optical pumping by…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-10-22 A. Tretiakov , C. A. Potts , Y. Y. Lu , J. P. Davis , L. J. LeBlanc

Light-induced coherent phonons provide a powerful platform for ultrafast control of material properties. However, the microscopic theory and quantum geometric nature of this phenomenon remain underexplored. Here, we develop a fully…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Jiaming Hu , Zhichao Guo , Wenbin Li , Hua Wang , Kai Chang

Atom arrays have emerged as a powerful platform for quantum light-matter interfaces, yet single-species arrays are constrained by in-plane symmetry, restricting polarization control. Here we investigate the cooperative optical response of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Huan Wang , Shangguo Zhu , Yun Long , Fei Zhang , Yinghui Guo , Mingbo Pu , Xiangang Luo

Exciton-polaritons are hybrid elementary excitations of light and matter that, thanks to their nonlinear properties, enable a plethora of physical phenomena ranging from room temperature condensation to superfluidity. While polaritons are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Davide Nigro , Vincenzo D'Ambrosio , Daniele Sanvitto , Dario Gerace

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…