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Rydberg-atom quantum receivers (RAQRs) enable electric-field sensing with quantum-noise-limited performance, yet their optical readout provides only magnitude measurements whose fluctuations follow Rician statistics governed by atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Saman Atapattu , Harini Hapuarachchi , Nathan Ross

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

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

Quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement is a special technique that allows to evade quantum back-action. In this paper, we propose a new QND measurement scheme of the optical field quadratures based on the non-degenerate optical parametric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 D. I. Salykina , V. S. Liamin , P. R. Sharapova , F. Ya. Khalili

The key features of density-functional theory (DFT) within a minimalistic implementation of quantum electrodynamics are demonstrated, thus allowing to study elementary properties of quantum-electrodynamical density-functional theory…

We report on a controllable, hybrid quantum system consisting of cold Rydberg atoms and an optical nanofiber interface. Using a two-photon ladder-type excitation in $^{87}$Rb, we demonstrate both coherent and incoherent Rydberg excitation…

Dispersive coupling based on the Rabi model with large detuning is widely used for quantum nondemolition (QND) qubit readout in quantum computation. However, the measurement speed and fidelity are usually significantly limited by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Xin Wang , Adam Miranowicz , Franco Nori

We consider light scattering from ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice into a cavity. The measurement of photons leaking out the cavity provides a quantum nondemolition (QND) access to various atomic variables. Depending on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-29 Igor B. Mekhov , Helmut Ritsch

Quantum memories are a crucial element towards efficient quantum protocols. In the continuous variables domain, such memories need to have near unity efficiencies. Moreover, one needs to store complex quantum states exhibiting negative…

In quantum mechanics, the process of measurement is a subtle interplay between extraction of information and disturbance of the state of the quantum system. A quantum non-demolition (QND) measurement minimizes this disturbance by using a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 A. Lupascu , S. Saito , T. Picot , P. C. de Groot , C. J. P. M. Harmans , J. E. Mooij

We propose a new method for optomechanical quantum non-demolition (QND) detection of phonon number, based on a "shelving" style measurement. The scheme uses a two-mode optomechanical system where the frequency splitting of the two photonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-13 Yariv Yanay , Aashish A. Clerk

We propose and analyze a quantum repeater architecture in which Rydberg blocked atomic ensembles inside optical cavities are linked by optical fibers. Entanglement generation, swapping and purification are achieved through collective laser…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Brion , F. Carlier , V. M. Akulin , K. Moelmer

The ability to locally control and measure subsets of ancilla qubits in an efficient and crosstalk-free manner is a key ingredient in quantum error correction (QEC). Dual-species neutral atom arrays offer an ideal implementation of these…

A Rabi dimer is used to model a recently reported circuit quantum electrodynamics system composed of two coupled transmission-line resonators with each coupled to one qubit. In this study, a phonon bath is adopted to mimic the multimode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-28 Fulu Zheng , Yuyu Zhang , Lu Wang , Yadong Wei , Yang Zhao

We propose a nonadiabatic non-Abelian geometric quantum operation scheme to realize universal quantum computation with mesoscopic Rydberg atoms. A single control atom entangles a mesoscopic ensemble of target atoms through long-range…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 Chen-Yue Guo , L. -L. Yan , Shou Zhang , Shi-Lei Su , Weibin Li

Distributed quantum metrology can enhance the sensitivity for sensing spatially distributed parameters beyond the classical limits. Here we demonstrate distributed quantum phase estimation with discrete variables to achieve Heisenberg limit…

Measurement time represents a critical bottleneck limiting the operational speed of neutral atom quantum computers, as it cannot be accelerated through parallelization like other quantum operations. We present a protocol for fast…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Yotam Vaknin , Ran Finkelstein , Ofer Firstenberg , Alex Retzker

The interaction between Rydberg states of neutral atoms is strong and long-range, making it appealing to put it to use in the context of quantum technologies. Recently, first applications of this idea have been reported in the fields of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-22 Daniel Tiarks , Steffen Schmidt-Eberle , Thomas Stolz , Gerhard Rempe , Stephan Dürr

We propose a novel non-destructive method for the detection of single Rydberg excitations in a mesoscopic ensemble. The protocol achieves high fidelities on a microsecond timescale and is robust against changes in the probe laser frequency.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-22 Sven Schmidt , Aaron Thielmann , Thomas Niederprüm , Herwig Ott

A key ingredient of cavity quantum-electrodynamics (QED) is the coupling between the discrete energy levels of an atom and photons in a single-mode cavity. The addition of periodic ultra-short laser pulses allows one to use such a system as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Neill Lambert , Yueh-Nan Chen , Franco Nori