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We develop a rigorous theoretical approach for analyzing inelastic scattering of photon pairs in arrays of two-level qubits embedded in a waveguide. Our analysis reveals strong enhancement of the scattering when the energy of incoming…

We propose a setup capable of generating Fock states of a single mode radiation field. The scheme is based on coupling the signal field to a ring cavity through cross-Kerr phase modulation, and on conditional ON-OFF photodetection at the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 G. M. D'Ariano , L. Maccone , M. G. A. Paris , M. F. Sacchi

We discuss the scattering of photons from a three-level emitter in a one-dimensional waveguide, where the transport is governed by the interference of spontaneously emitted and directly transmitted waves. The scattering problem is solved in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-15 D. Witthaut , A. S. Sorensen

In this paper we study the generation of photon pairs through the process of spontaneous four wave mixing (SFWM) in a $\chi^{(3)}$ cavity. Our key interest is the generation of photon pairs in a guided-wave configuration - fiber or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 K. Garay-Palmett , Y. Jerónimo-Moreno , A. B. U'Ren

The generation of the narrowband strong-correlated biphotons via spontaneous four-wave mixing can be effectively controlled and enhanced by an additional driving field which drives a transition with its upper level being a Rydberg state. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-21 Ke-Shuang Cui , Xiao-Jun Zhang , Jin-Hui Wu

NOON states are path entangled states which can be exploited to enhance phase resolution in interferometric measurements. In the present paper we analyze the quantum states obtained by optical parametric amplification of polarization NOON…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chiara Vitelli , Nicolo' Spagnolo , Fabio Sciarrino , Francesco De Martini

Many-photon interference in linear-optics setups can be exploited to generate and detect multipartite entanglement. Without recurring to any inter-particle interaction, many entangled states have been created experimentally, and a panoply…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-18 Malte C. Tichy , Florian Mintert , Andreas Buchleitner

We propose a scheme for the conditional generation of arbitrary finite superpositions of (squeezed) Fock states in a single mode of a traveling optical field. The suggested setup requires only a source of squeezed states, beam splitters,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jaromir Fiurasek , Raul Garcia-Patron , Nicolas J. Cerf

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

We present a protocol for generation of superpositions of states with distinguishable field amplitudes in an optical cavity by quantum nondemolition photon number measurements and coherent feeding of the cavity.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Antonio Negretti , Uffe V. Poulsen , Klaus Molmer

A new class of entangled states, similar to N00N states is introduced. We call these states M00N states as the excitations shared in both subsystems do not need to be equal. The generation proposed here does not need conditional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 A. Zúñiga-Segundo , R. Juárez-Amaro , F. Soto-Eguibar , H. M. Moya-Cessa

We present a general theoretical method to generate maximally entangled mixed states of a pair of photons initially prepared in the singlet polarization state. This method requires only local operations upon a single photon of the pair and…

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We develop a technique for generating multi-photon nonclassical states via interference between coherent and Fock states using quantum catalysis. By modulating the coherent field strength, the number of catalyst photons and the ratio of the…

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A scheme for the enhanced generation of higher photon-number states is realized, using an optical time-multiplexing setting that exploits a parametric down-conversion source for an iterative state generation. We use a quantum feedback…

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We propose the use of collective states of matter as a resource for the deterministic generation of quantum states of light, which are fundamental for quantum information technologies. Our minimal model consists of three emitters coupled to…

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Hybrid photonic circuits, harnessing the complementary strengths of multiple materials, represent a key resource to enable compact, scalable platforms for quantum technologies. In particular, the availability of bright sources of tunable…

We propose an optical scheme to build an entangled network composed of W state based on polarization encoded qubits (photons). This new setup consists of 2 cNOT gates, 4 V gates, 2 Hadamard gates and basic optical tools such as polarizing…

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