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We introduce a general model for a network of quantum sensors, and we use this model to consider the question: When can entanglement between the sensors, and/or global measurements, enhance the precision with which the network can measure a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-28 Timothy J. Proctor , Paul A. Knott , Jacob A. Dunningham

We closely replicated and extended a recent experiment ("Spatial properties of entangled two-photon absorption," Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 183601, 2022) that reportedly observed enhancement of two-photon absorption rates in molecular samples by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-26 Tiemo Landes , Brian J. Smith , Michael G. Raymer

We generalize a new approach to entanglement conditions for light of undefined photons numbers given in [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 95}, 042113 (2017)] for polarization correlations to a broader family of interferometric phenomena. Integrated optics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-02 Junghee Ryu , Marcin Marciniak , Marcin Wieśniak , Marek Żukowski

A pulsed source of entangled photons is desirable for some applications. Yet, such a source has intrinsic problems arising from the simultaneous arrival of the signal and noise photons to the detectors. These problems are analyzed and…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-18 Mónica B. Agüero , Alejandro A. Hnilo , Marcelo G. Kovalsky

Quantum light is a key resource for promoting quantum technology. One such class of technology aims to improve the precision of optical measurements using engineered quantum states of light. In this study, we investigate transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Akihito Ishizaki

It is controversial what is the true role of entanglement in two-photon virtual-state spectroscopy [Saleh et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3483, 1998], a two-photon absorption spectroscopic technique that can retrieve information about the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. de J. León-Montiel , J. Svozilík , L. J. Salazar-Serrano , J. P. Torres

Quantum hypothesis testing has been greatly advanced for the binary discrimination of two states, or two channels. In this setting, we already know that quantum entanglement can be used to enhance the discrimination of two bosonic channels.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-30 Quntao Zhuang , Stefano Pirandola

The generation and manipulation of entanglement between isolated particles has precipitated rapid progress in quantum information processing. Entanglement is also known to play an essential role in the optical properties of atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-16 Gabriel Araneda , Daniel B. Higginbottom , Lukáš Slodička , Yves Colombe , Rainer Blatt

Entangled two-photon spectroscopy is expected to provide advantages compared with classical protocols. It is achieved by coherently controlling the spectral properties of energy-entangled photons. We present here an experimental setup that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Stefan Lerch , André Stefanov

Quantum information is often carried in the frequency and polarization degrees of freedom (DoFs) in single photons and entangled photons. We demonstrate a new approach to couple and decouple the frequency and polarization DoFs of broadband…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-27 Arash Riazi , Eric Y. Zhu , Dan Xu , Li Qian

We study in this paper the efficiency of different two-photon states of light to induce the simultaneous excitation of two atoms of different kinds when the sum of the energies of the two photons matches the sum of the energies of the two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-21 Zhan Zheng , Pablo L. Saldanha , Jose R. Rios Leite , Claude Fabre

Biphoton systems exhibiting entanglement in position-momentum variables, known as spatial entanglement, are among the most intriguing and well-studied phenomena in quantum optics. A notable subset of these are phase entangled states, where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Rounak Chatterjee , Mayuresh Kanagal , Vikas S Bhat , Kiran Bajar , Sushil Mujumdar

Entanglement is an indispensable quantum resource for quantum information technology. In continuous-variable quantum optics, photon subtraction can increase the entanglement between Gaussian states of light, but for mixed states the extent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-04 Kun Zhang , Jietai Jing , Nicolas Treps , Mattia Walschaers

We introduce a measure of efficiency for the photon subtraction protocol aimed at entanglement concentration on a single copy of bipartite continuous variable state. We then show that iterating the protocol does not lead to higher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 W. Maimaiti , S. Mancini

Photon modes have an important role in characterizing the quantum sources of light. Proper coupling of various photon modes obtained in spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) process in optical fibers is essential to generate an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-03 Ali Anwar , Chithrabhanu P , Salla Gangi Reddy , Nijil Lal , R. P. Singh

It has been discussed recently how quantum illumination can be used to increase the accuracy of the value range-delay measurement \cite{Zhuang Shapiro 2022} in the domain of SNR compatible with current radar systems. However, the advantage…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Ricardo Gallego Torromé

Careful tailoring the quantum state of probes offers the capability of investigating matter at unprecedented precisions. Rarely, however, the interaction with the sample is fully encompassed by a single parameter, and the information…

Quantum entanglement is a crucial resource for a wide variety of quantum technologies. However, the current state-of-art methods to generate quantum entanglement in optomechanical systems are not as efficient as all-optical methods…

We investigate optimal discrimination between two projective single-qubit measurements in a scenario where the measurement can be performed only once. We consider general setting involving a tunable fraction of inconclusive outcomes and we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 M. Mikova , M. Sedlak , I. Straka , M. Micuda , M. Ziman , M. Jezek , M. Dusek , J. Fiurasek

Dual-comb interferometry harnesses the interference of two laser frequency combs to provide unprecedented capability in spectroscopy applications. In the past decade, the state-of-the-art systems have reached a point where the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 Haowei Shi , Zaijun Chen , Scott E. Fraser , Mengjie Yu , Zheshen Zhang , Quntao Zhuang