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Precise information about the temporal mode of optical states is crucial for optimizing their interaction efficiency between themselves and/or with matter in various quantum communication devices. Here we propose and experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-09 Zhongzhong Qin , Adarsh S. Prasad , Travis Brannan , Andrew MacRae , A. Lezama , A. I. Lvovsky

Recently, the spectral manipulation of single photons has been achieved through spatial-temporal modulation of the optical refractive index. Here, we generalize this mechanism to massive particles, i.e. realizing the acceleration or…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-26 Mai Zhang , Xie-hang Yu , Xin-Biao Xu , Guang-Can Guo , Chang-Ling Zou

Light shaping facilitates the preparation and detection of optical states and underlies many applications in communications, computing, and imaging. In this Letter, we generalize light shaping to the quantum domain. We show that patterns of…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-27 Hugo Defienne , Matthew Reichert , Jason W. Fleischer

Single photons and single-photon pairs, inherently nonclassical in their nature, are fundamental elements of quantum sciences and technologies. Here, we propose to realize the nonclassical correlated deterministic photon pairs at the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-20 Zhong Peng , Yuangang Deng

A novel approach to improving the performances of confocal scanning imaging is proposed. We experimentally demonstrate its feasibility using acoustic waves. It relies on a new way to encode spatial information using the temporal dimension.…

Increasing control of single photons enables new applications of photonic quantum-enhanced technology and further experimental exploration of fundamental quantum phenomena. Here, we demonstrate quantum logic using narrow linewidth photons…

The ability to detect quantum superpositions lies at the heart of fundamental and applied aspects of quantum mechanics. The time-frequency degree of freedom of light enables encoding and transmitting quantum information in a…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-03 Adam Widomski , Maciej Ogrodnik , Michał Karpiński

In previous quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols, information is encoded on either the discrete-variable of single-photon signal or continuous-variables of multi-photon signal. Here, we propose a new QKD protocol by encoding information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Qi

Exponential growth in global data traffic demands ever-increasing transmission rates--a pursuit fundamentally constrained by the physical limitations of digital-to-analog converters (DACs). Existing strategies to overcome this bottleneck,…

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We discuss the use of the transverse spatial degrees of freedom of photons propagating in the paraxial approximation for continuous variable information processing. Given the wide variety of linear optical devices available, a diverse range…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-16 D. S. Tasca , R. M. Gomes , F. Toscano , P. H. Souto Ribeiro , S. P. Walborn

Quantitative characterization of the spatial structure of single photons is essential for free-space quantum communication and quantum imaging. We introduce an interferometric technique that enables the complete characterization of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-04 Wiktor Szadowiak , Sanjukta Kundu , Jerzy Szuniewicz , Radek Lapkiewicz

We propose a single-photon router using a single atom with an inversion center coupled to quantum multichannels made of coupled-resonator waveguides. We show that the spontaneous emission of the atom can direct single photons from one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 Jing Lu , Lan Zhou , Le-man Kuang , Franco Nori

The ability to manipulate the spectral-temporal waveform of optical pulses has enabled a wide range of applications from ultrafast spectroscopy to high-speed communications. Extending these concepts to quantum light has the potential to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-01 Michal Karpinski , Michal Jachura , Laura J. Wright , Brian J. Smith

Structured quantum light is crucial for high-dimensional quantum information processing, yet its direct generation from quantum emitters remains challenging due to their intrinsic locality and omnidirectional radiation. Metasurfaces have…

Coherent control of ultrafast quantum phenomena benefits from pulse-shaping capabilities allowing to modulate the envelope and instantaneous phase of optical fields on femtosecond time scales. While such control is available for optical…

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Quantum nanophotonics has become a new research frontier where quantum optics is combined with nanophotonics in order to enhance and control the interaction between strongly confined light and quantum emitters. Such progress provides a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-03 Peter Lodahl , Søren Stobbe

We present a new approach for spatiotemporal focusing through complex scattering media by wave front shaping. Using a nonlinear feedback signal to shape the incident pulsed wave front, we show that the limit of a spatiotemporal matched…

Space-time (ST) wave packets are propagation-invariant pulsed optical beams whose group velocity can be tuned in free space by tailoring their spatio-temporal spectral structure. To date, efforts on synthesizing ST wave packets have striven…

Optics · Physics 2021-03-03 Alyssa Allende Motz , Murat Yessenov , Ayman F. Abouraddy

The interference of non-classical states of light enables quantum-enhanced applications reaching from metrology to computation. Most commonly, the polarisation or spatial location of single photons are used as addressable degrees-of-freedom…