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Quantum imaging, which harnesses quantum correlations to achieve imaging with multiple advantages over classical optics, has been in development for several years. Here, we explore sunlight, serving as the pump beam, to excite spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Ye Xing , Deifei Xu , Yuan Li , Wuhong Zhang , Lixiang Chen

Quantum antennas can shape the spatial entanglement of emitted photons originating from specific initial non-Dicke entangled states of antenna emitters. In contrast to a classical antenna, a quantum antenna might not be affecting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-01 A. Mikhalychev , D. Mogilevtsev , G. Ya. Slepyan , I. Karuseichyk , G. Buchs , D. L. Boiko , A. Boag

Correlated photon pairs produced by a spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) process can be used for secure quantum communication over long distances including free space transmission over a link through turbulent atmosphere. We…

It is shown that spatial correlation functions measured for correlated photon pairs at the single-photon level correspond to speckle patterns visible at high intensities. This correspondence is observed for the first time in one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Radek Machulka , Ondrej Haderka , Jan Perina , Marco Lamperti , Alessia Allevi , Maria Bondani

Using two different criteria for continuous variable systems we demonstrated that pump and probe beams became quantum correlated in a situation of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a sample of Rb atoms. Our result combines two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. L. Garrido Alzar , M. Franca Santos , P. Nussenzveig

Cold atomic ensembles can mediate the generation of entanglement between pairs of photons. Photons with specific directions of propagation are detected, and the entanglement can reside in any of the degrees of freedom that describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Clara I. Osorio , Sergio Barreiro , Morgan W. Mitchell , Juan P. Torres

Through scanned coincidence counting, we probe the quantum image produced by parametric down conversion with a pump beam carrying orbital angular momentum. Nonlocal spatial correlations are manifested through splitting of the coincidence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Adam R. Altman , Kahraman G. Köprülü , Eric Corndorf , Prem Kumar , Geraldo A. Barbosa

We present a scheme for generating polarization-entangled photons pairs with arbitrary joint spectrum. Specifically, we describe a technique for spontaneous parametric down-conversion in which both the center frequencies and the bandwidths…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-18 Zachary D. Walton , Alexander V. Sergienko , Bahaa E. A. Saleh , Malvin C. Teich

Entanglement in high-dimensional quantum systems, where one or more degrees of freedom of light are involved, offers increased information capacities and enables new quantum protocols. Here, we demonstrate a functional source of…

The role of multi-parameter entanglement in quantum interference from collinear type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion is explored using a variety of aperture shapes and sizes, in regimes of both ultrafast and continuous-wave…

We consider photonic arrays made from quantum emitters in optically coupled microcavities as a platform for entanglement generation. These offer a large degree of tunability with the possibility of site-selective optical excitation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-24 Marc Bostelmann , Steffen Wilksen , Frederik Lohof , Christopher Gies

Scalable technologies to characterize the performance of quantum devices are crucial to creating large quantum networks and quantum processing units. Chief among the resources of quantum information processing is entanglement. Here we…

A nonlinear planar waveguide pumped by a beam orthogonal to its surface may serve as a versatile source of photon pairs. Changing pump-pulse duration, pump-beam transverse width, and angular decomposition of pump-beam frequencies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jan Perina

We present the novel embodiment of a photonic qubit that makes use of one continuous spatial degree of freedom of a single photon and relies on the the parity of the photon's transverse spatial distribution. Using optical spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-06 Timothy Yarnall , Ayman F. Abouraddy , Bahaa E. A. Saleh , Malvin C. Teich

The ability to efficiently characterize the spatial correlations of entangled states of light is critical for applications of many quantum technologies such as quantum imaging. Here, we demonstrate highly efficient theoretical and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Mahtab Amooei , Girish Kulkarni , Jeremy Upham , Robert W. Boyd

Cutting-edge quantum technologies lean on sources of high-dimensional entangled states (HDES) that reliably prepare high-fidelity target states. The idea to overlap photon paths from distinct but indistinguishable sources was recently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Richard Bernecker , Baghdasar Baghdasaryan , Stephan Fritzsche

Scattering of non-classical light is enabling new ways to study and control photon transport. However, advances in this field often rely on simplifying assumptions regarding the quantum light's generation and its source. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 Mamoon Safadi , Nir Kuchuk , Ohad Lib , Yaron Bromberg , Arthur Goetschy

Spectrally correlated photon pairs can be used to improve performance of long range fiber based quantum communication protocols. We present a source based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion producing polarization entangled photons…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-28 Thomas Lutz , Piotr Kolenderski , Thomas Jennewein

The on-chip integration of quantum light sources has enabled the realization of complex quantum photonic circuits. However, for the practical implementation of such circuits in quantum information applications it is crucial to develop…

Quantum technologies hold great promise for revolutionizing photonic applications such as cryptography. Yet their implementation in real-world scenarios is held back, mostly due to sensitivity of quantum light to scattering. Recent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-18 Ohad Lib , Giora Hasson , Yaron Bromberg