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Two new simple schemes for generating macroscopic (many-photon) continuous-variable entangled states by means of continuous interactions (rather than collisions) between solitons in optical fibers are proposed. First, quantum fluctuations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. -K. Lee , Y. Lai , B. A. Malomed

Entangled photon pairs play a major role in various modern technologies such as quantum imaging, communication, and computing. Conventional photon-pair sources are often based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion in bulk nonlinear…

Entanglement will be the key resource of future large-scale quantum networks, enabling quantum communication and advanced quantum applications like distributed quantum sensing and distributed quantum computing. To this end, entanglement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Žiga Pušavec , Lara Ulčakar , Rainer Kaltenbaek

Multi-photon hyperentangement is of fundamental importance in optical quantum information processing. Existing theory and experiment producing multi-photon hyperentangled states have until now relied on the outcome post-selection, a…

Integrated entangled photon-pair sources are key elements for enabling large-scale quantum photonic solutions, and addresses the challenges of both scaling-up and stability. Here we report the first demonstration of an energy-time entangled…

A key goal of quantum communication is to determine the maximum number of bits shared between two quantum systems. An important example of this is in entanglement based quantum key distribution (QKD) schemes. A realistic treatment of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Thomas Brougham , Stephen M. Barnett

We present a fiber-based source of polarization-entangled photon pairs that is well suited for quantum communication applications in the 1.5$\mu$m band of standard telecommunication fiber. Quantum-correlated signal and idler photon pairs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Kumar , X. Li , M. Fiorentino , P. L. Voss , J. E. Sharping , G. A. Barbosa

We demonstrate a fiber-based source of polarization-entangled photon pairs at visible wavelengths suitable for integration with local quantum processing schemes. The photons are created through birefringent phase-matching in spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-21 Bin Fang , Offir Cohen , Virginia Lorenz

Polarization-entangled photon pairs are essential sources for photonic quantum information processing. However, generating entangled photon pairs with large detuning via spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) often requires complex…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-31 Xinyue Zhang , Sihui Pei , Ni Yao , Shuhao Wang , J. Q. You , Limin Tong , Wei Fang

Quantum light spectroscopy, providing novel molecular information non-accessible by classical light, necessitates new computational tools when applied for complex molecular systems. We introduce two computational protocols for the molecular…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-09-14 Bing Gu , Daniel Keefer , Shaul Mukamel

Distributing entangled pairs is a fundamental operation required for many quantum information science and technology tasks. In a general entanglement distribution scheme, a photonic pulse is used to entangle a pair of remote quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 Nicolo' Lo Piparo , William J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

Photonic entangled states lie at the heart of quantum science for the demonstrations of quantum mechanics foundations and supply as a key resource for approaching various quantum technologies. An integrated realization of such states will…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-14 H. Jin , P. Xu , X. W. Luo , H. Y. Leng , Y. X. Gong , S. N. Zhu

Transferring entangled states between photon pairs is essential for quantum communication technologies. Semiconductor quantum dots are the most promising candidate for generating polarization-entangled photons deterministically. Recent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Michael Zopf , Robert Keil , Yan Chen , Jingzhong Yang , Disheng Chen , Fei Ding , Oliver G. Schmidt

The third-order non-linearity of silicon gives rise to a spontaneous four-wave mixing process in which correlated photon pairs are generated. Sources based on this effect can be used for quantum computation and cryptography, and can in…

Optics · Physics 2016-04-20 Momchil Minkov , Vincenzo Savona

Fluorescence excitation by absorption of entangled photon pairs offers benefits compared to classical imaging techniques, such as the attainment of higher signal levels at low excitation power while simultaneously mitigating photo-toxicity.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-02 Tobias Bernd Gäbler , Patrick Hendra , Nitish Jain , Markus Gräfe

Entanglement is the fuel of advanced quantum technology. It is for instance consumed in measurement-based quantum computing and allows loss-tolerant encoding of quantum information. In photonics, entanglement has traditionally been…

Nanoscale quantum light sources are essential building blocks for integrated quantum photonic systems. Here, we report a wavelength-scale entangled-photon source based on van der Waals-engineered NbOBr$_2$, and benchmark its performance for…

An experimental scheme for concentrating entanglement in partially entangled photon pairs is proposed. In this scheme, two separated parties obtain one maximally entangled photon pair from previously shared two partially entangled photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Takashi Yamamoto , Masato Koashi , Nobuyuki Imoto

Quantum light is a key resource for promoting quantum technology. One such class of technology aims to improve the precision of optical measurements using engineered quantum states of light. In this study, we investigate transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Akihito Ishizaki

The thorough characterization of entangled-photon sources is vital for their optimal use in quantum communication. However, this task is not trivial at telecommunication wavelengths. While cameras and spectrometers are well developed for…