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Phase-locking an array of quantum cascade lasers is an effective way to achieve higher output power and beam shaping. In this article, based on Talbot effect, we show a new-type phase-locked array of mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers with…

Independently from electron beam based procedures, photon beam based diagnostics is an alternative way for alignment and commissioning of the numerous undulator cells in a high-gain short-wavelength free-electron laser (FEL). In this paper,…

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We consider the possibility of an experimental proof of vacuum e+e- pair creation in the focus of two counter-propagating optical laser beams with an intensity of the order of 10^20 - 10^22 W/cm^2. Our approach is based on the collisionless…

Probing vacuum structures deformed by high intense fields is of great interest in general. In the context of quantum electrodynamics (QED), the vacuum exposed by a linearly polarized high-intensity laser field is expected to show…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-05-09 Yoshihide Nakamiya , Kensuke Homma

We show that three-level atoms excited by two cavity modes in a $\Lambda$ configuration close to electromagnetically induced transparency can produce strongly squeezed bright beams or correlated beams which can be used for quantum non…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alice Sinatra

The far-field pattern of a simple one-dimensional laser array of emitters radiating into free space is considered. In the path of investigating the inverse problem for their near fields leading to a target beam form, surprisingly we found…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-02 Constantinos A. Valagiannopoulos , Vassilios Kovanis

The study of nanomaterials is an active area of research for technological applications as well as fundamental science. A common method for studying properties of isolated nanoparticles is by an in-vacuum particle beam produced via an…

Modern precision experiments often probe unknown classical fields with bosonic sensors in quantum-noise-limited regimes where vacuum fluctuations limit conventional readout. We introduce Quantum Signal Learning (QSL), a sensing framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Jordan Cotler , Daine L. Danielson , Ishaan Kannan

Nanowire (NW) lasers hold great promise as compact, coherent on-chip light sources that are crucial for next-generation optical communication and imaging technologies. However, controlling their emission directionality has been hindered by…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-25 Lukas R. Jäger , Wei Wen Wong , Carsten Ronning , Hark Hoe Tan

Optomechanical systems, due to its inherent nonlinear optomechanical coupling, owns rich nonlinear dynamics of different types of motion. The interesting question is that whether there exist some common quantum features to infer the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Qing Xia Meng , Zhi Jiao Deng , Zhigang Zhu , Liang Huang

The quantum electrodynamical vacuum polarization effects arising in the collision of a high-energy proton beam and a strong, linearly polarized laser field are investigated. The probability that laser photons merge into one photon by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Di Piazza , K. Z. Hatsagortsyan , C. H. Keitel

We develop a theory of the propagation and focusing of the THz Gaussian laser beam through the layered superconductor slab of finite thickness in the presence of an external DC magnetic field in a nonlinear regime. We show that, in this…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-01 N. Kvitka , H. V. Ovcharenko , Z. A. Maizelis , S. S. Apostolov , V. A. Yampol`skii

It is thought that schemes for quantum imaging are fragile against realistic environments in which the background noise is often stronger than the nonclassical signal of the imaging photons. Unfortunately, it is unfeasible to produce…

We discuss the experimental techniques used to date for measuring the changes in polarization state of a laser produced by a strong transverse magnetic field acting in a vacuum. We point out the likely artifacts that can arise in such…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-10-10 Christopher C. Davis , Joseph Harris , Robert W. Gammon , Igor I. Smolyaninov , Kyuman Cho

Optical entanglement is a key requirement for many quantum communication protocols. Conventionally entanglement is formed between two distinct beams, with the quantum correlations being measured at separate locations. We show entanglement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-31 J. Janousek , K. Wagner , J-F. Morizur , N. Treps , P. K. Lam , C. C. Harb , H-A. Bachor

We report photonic quantum circuits created using an ultrafast laser processing technique that is rapid, requires no lithographic mask and can be used to create three-dimensional networks of waveguide devices. We have characterized…

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The classical nonlinear laser-plasma interaction theory is corrected. Given the effects of vacuum polarization (induced by extreme laser) as nonlinear media response, one-dimensional wave equations of a monochromatic laser field are derived…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Wenbo Chen , Zhigang Bu , Hehe Li , Yuee Luo , Peiyong Ji

The influence of measurement back action on electro-optic sampling of electromagnetic quantum fluctuations is investigated. Based on a cascaded treatment of the nonlinear interaction between a near-infrared coherent probe and the…

The control of quantum phenomena is a topic that has carried out many challenging problems. Among others, the Hamiltonian identification, i.e, the inverse problem associated with the unknown features of a quantum system is still an open…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-03-11 Yvon Maday , Julien Salomon

Ultrashort laser pulses pose unique tools to trigger and probe the fastest charge dynamics in matter, allowing the investigation of fundamental physical phenomena with unprecedented resolution in space, time, and energy. One of the most…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-27 Dino Habibović , Kathryn R. Hamilton , Ofer Neufeld , Laura Rego