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The concept of quantum nondemolition (QND) measurement is extended to coherent oscillations in an individual two-state system. Such a measurement enables direct observation of intrinsic spectrum of these oscillations avoiding the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. V. Averin

Beam splitters (BSs) and optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) can be described using Lie groups $SU(2)$ and $SU(1,1)$. Here, we show that the dynamical trajectories of these devices are connected via a Wick rotation on their respective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 William E. Salazar , Omar Calderón-Losada , John H. Reina

This work investigates photon blockade control in a hybrid quantum system containing a Kerr-nonlinear cavity coupled to an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The dynamics are governed by a master equation derived from an effective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-07 Zhang Zhiqiang

Probabilistic quantum non-demolition (QND) measurements can be performed using linear optics and post-selection. Here we show how QND devices of this kind can be used in a straightforward way to implement a quantum relay, which is capable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. C. Jacobs , T. B. Pittman , J. D. Franson

Quantum interferometry methods exploit quantum resources, such as photonic entanglement, to enhance phase estimation beyond classical limits. Nonlinear optics has served as a workhorse for the generation of entangled photon pairs, ensuring…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Romain Dalidet , Anthony Martin , Grégory Sauder , Laurent Labonté , Sébastien Tanzilli

We show that continuous quantum nondemolition (QND) measurement of an atomic ensemble is able to improve the precision of frequency estimation even in the presence of independent dephasing acting on each atom. We numerically simulate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-13 Matteo A. C. Rossi , Francesco Albarelli , Dario Tamascelli , Marco G. Genoni

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has recently emerged as a promising platform for integrated nonlinear photonics, enabling the use of optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) for applications in quantum information processing, precision…

In ref [Phys. Rev. A 106, 013720], the scheme of quantum non-demolition measurement of optical quanta that uses a resonantly enhanced Kerr nonlinearity in optical microresonators was analyzed theoretically. It was shown that using the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-15 Stepan Balybin , Dariya Salykina , Farid Ya. Khalili

Quantum optical technologies promise advances in sensing, computing, and communication. A key resource is squeezed light, where quantum noise is redistributed between optical quadratures. We introduce a monolithic, chip-scale platform that…

We show how the measurement induced model of quantum computation proposed by Raussendorf and Briegel [Phys. Rev. Letts. 86, 5188 (2001)] can be adapted to a nonlinear optical interaction. This optical implementation requires a Kerr…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 G. D. Hutchinson , G. J. Milburn

We experimentally demonstrated that the quantum correlations of amplitude and phase quadratures between signal and idler beams produced from a non-degenerate optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) can be significantly improved by using a mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Yu Wang , Heng Shen , Xiaoli Jin , Xiaolong Su , Changde Xie , Kunchi Peng

Cavity optomechanical system involving an optical parametric amplifier (OPA) can exhibit rich classical and quantum dynamical behaviors. By simply modulating the frequency of the laser pumping the OPA, we find two interesting parameter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Chang-Sheng Hu , Li-Tuo Shen , Zhen-Biao Yang , Huaizhi Wu , Yong Li , Shi-Biao Zheng

Recently it has been demonstrated that the combination of weak-continuous position detection with detuned parametric driving can lead to significant steady-state mechanical squeezing, far beyond the 3 dB limit normally associated with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-30 Alex Szorkovszky , Aashish A. Clerk , Andrew C. Doherty , Warwick P. Bowen

Kinetic inductance parametric amplifiers (KIPAs) have been widely studied for small-signal detection in superconducting quantum circuits. In this work, we demonstrate the modeling of a niobium nitride nanowire based KIPA using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 Likai Yang , Yufeng Wu , Chaofan Wang , Mingrui Xu , Hong X. Tang , Mohamed A. Hassan , Eric T. Holland

Quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement of collective variables by off-resonant optical probing has the ability to create entanglement and squeezing in atomic ensembles. Until now, this technique has been applied to real or effective spin…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Koschorreck , M. Napolitano , B. Dubost , M. W. Mitchell

We theoretically investigate quantum measurement noise in a hybrid optomechanical system, focusing on radiation pressure back action and its impact on force sensing. The setup consists of an optomechanical cavity with a movable mirror, a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Alolika Roy , Amarendra K. Sarma

Phase-sensitive detection is the essential projective measurement for measurement-based continuous-variable quantum information processing. The bandwidth of conventional electrical phase-sensitive detectors is up to several gigahertz, which…

While quantum mechanics exquisitely describes the behavior of microscopic systems, one ongoing challenge is to explore its applicability to systems of larger size and mass. Unfortunately, quantum states of increasingly macroscopic objects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 F. Lecocq , J. B. Clark , R. W. Simmonds , J. Aumentado , J. D. Teufel

Involving deterministically nonlinear photoresponse in on-chip photodetector is intriguing to develop sophisticated functions in photonic integrated circuits, such as in-sensor computing and optoelectronic mixing, though the corresponding…

Quantum information processing (QIP) offers the promise of being able to do things that we cannot do with conventional technology. Here we present a new route for distributed optical QIP, based on generalized quantum non-demolition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. J. Munro , Kae Nemoto , T. P. Spiller