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Quantum metrology overcomes standard precision limits by exploiting collective quantum superpositions of physical systems used for sensing, with the prominent example of non-classical multiphoton states improving interferometric techniques.…

This paper, for the first time, addresses the questions related to the connections between the quantum pseudorandomness and quantum hardware assumptions, specifically quantum physical unclonable functions (qPUFs). Our results show that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-31 Mina Doosti , Niraj Kumar , Elham Kashefi , Kaushik Chakraborty

We have shown the opportunity to use the unique inhomogeneities of the internal structure of an optical fiber waveguide for remote authentication of users or an optic fiber line. Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) is demonstrated to…

A new type of quantum entangled interferometer was recently realized that employs parametric amplifiers as the wave splitting and recombination elements. The quantum entanglement stems from the parametric amplifiers, which produce quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-21 Z. Y. Ou , Xiaoying Li

The Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) is a promising hardware security primitive because of its inherent uniqueness and low cost. To extract the device-specific variation from delay-based strong PUFs, complex routing constraints are…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-03 Wei-Che Wang , Zhuoqi Li , Joseph Skudlarek , Mario Larouche , Michael Chen , Puneet Gupta

We present a secure communication system constructed using pairs of nonlinear photonic physical unclonable functions (PUFs) that harness physical chaos in integrated silicon micro-cavities. Compared to a large, electronically stored…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Brian C. Grubel , Bryan T. Bosworth , Michael R. Kossey , A. Brinton Cooper , Mark A. Foster , Amy C. Foster

An alternative extreme learning machine -ELM- paradigm is presented exploiting random non-linearities -RN, named RN-ELM, instead of a conventional fixed node non-linearity. This method is implemented on a hybrid neural engine, with the…

In recent years, wave-based analog computing has been at the center of attention for providing ultra-fast and power-efficient signal processing enabled by wave propagation through artificially engineered structures. Building on these…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-24 Vahid Nikkhah , Mario Junior Mencagli , Nader Engheta

We have developed an algorithm that constructs a model of a reconfigurable optical interferometer, independent of specific architectural constraints. The programming of unitary transformations on the interferometer's optical modes relies on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-02 Sergei S. Kuzmin , Ivan V. Dyakonov , Stanislav S. Straupe

We develop the learning algorithm to build the architecture agnostic model of the reconfigurable optical interferometer. Programming the unitary transformation on the optical modes of the interferometer either follows the analytical…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Sergei Kuzmin , Ivan Dyakonov , Sergei Kulik

A neutron interferometric test of interaction-free detection of the presence of an absorbing object in one arm of a neutron interferometer has been performed. Despite deviations from the ideal performance characteristics of a Mach-Zehnder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Meinrad Hafner , Johann Summhammer

In the device-independent quantum information approach, the implementation of a given task can be self-tested solely from the recorded statistics and without detailed models for the employed devices. Even though experimentally demanding, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-20 Máté Farkas , Nayda Guerrero , Jaime Cariñe , Gustavo Cañas , Gustavo Lima

Hacking password databases is one of the most frequently reported cyber-attacks. Current password management systems are based on known and public algorithms. Also, many studies have shown that users select weak passwords. Thus, with the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Mohammad Mohammadinodoushan

We report a single-photon Mach-Zehnder interferometer stabilized to a phase precision of 0.05 degrees over 15 hours. To lock the phase, we employ an auxiliary reference light at a different wavelength than the quantum signal. The developed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Vojtěch Švarc , Martina Nováková , Michal Dudka , Miroslav Ježek

We demonstrate that the interaction of loop and nonlinear Fano resonances results in a formation of hybrid resonant states in Mach-Zehnder type interferometers, providing with opportunities for an advanced phase manipulation. The nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-20 Yi Xu , Andrey E. Miroshnichenko

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) play a pivotal role in many applications. Particularly powerful are circuits based on meshes of reconfigurable Mach-Zehnder interferometers as they enable active processing of light. Various possibilities…

We study Fock state interferometry, consisting of a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with two Fock state inputs and photon-number-resolved detection at the two outputs. We show that it allows discrimination of a discrete number of apriori-known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-16 Reihaneh Shahrokhshahi , Saikat Guha , Olivier Pfister

We introduce a Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) based on an ultra-fast chaotic network known as a Hybrid Boolean Network (HBN) implemented on a field programmable gate array. The network, consisting of $N$ coupled asynchronous logic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Noeloikeau Charlot , Daniel Canaday , Andrew Pomerance , Daniel J. Gauthier

Scalable photonic quantum technologies are based on multiple nested interferometers. To realize this architecture, integrated optical structures are needed to ensure stable, controllable, and repeatable operation. Here we show a key…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-12 Brian J. Smith , Dmytro Kundys , Nicholas Thomas-Peter , P. G. R. Smith , I. A. Walmsley

With the advent of Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs), PUF-based quantum authentication systems (QAS) have been proposed for security purposes and recently proof-of-principle experiment has been demonstrated. As a further step towards…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-15 Yao Yao , Ming Gao , Mo Li , Jian Zhang