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We introduce a method of quantum tomography for a continuous variable system in position and momentum space. We consider a single two-level probe interacting with a quantum harmonic oscillator by means of a class of Hamiltonians, linear in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 J. Casanova , C. E. Lopez , J. J. Garcia-Ripoll , C. F. Roos , E. Solano

Engineering quantum states of light represents a crucial task in the vast majority of photonic quantum technology applications. Direct manipulation of the number of photons in the light signal, such as single-photon subtraction and…

Single photon emitters in two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising solid-state quantum emitters for photonic applications and quantum networks. Despite their favorable properties, much is still unknown about their…

Photodetection converts optical quantum states into measurement events, but the usual electric-field response model becomes restrictive when the detector response is shaped by cavity, superconducting, or metamaterial engineering. We develop…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Mohamed Hatifi , Brian Stout

Wigner function tomography is indispensable for characterizing quantum states, but its commonly used version, balanced homodyne detection, suffers from several weaknesses. First, it requires efficient detection, which is critical for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-25 Mahmoud Kalash , Maria V. Chekhova

A scheme for the enhanced generation of higher photon-number states is realized, using an optical time-multiplexing setting that exploits a parametric down-conversion source for an iterative state generation. We use a quantum feedback…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 M. Engelkemeier , J. Sperling , J. Tiedau , S. Barkhofen , I. Dhand , M. B. Plenio , B. Brecht , C. Silberhorn

The reconstruction of density matrices from measurement data (quantum state tomography) is the most comprehensive method for assessing the accuracy and performance of quantum devices. Existing methods to reconstruct two-photon density…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-12 Salini Rajeev , Mayukh Lahiri

Advanced quantum technologies, as well as fundamental tests of quantum physics, crucially require the interference of multiple single photons in linear-optics circuits. This interference can result in the bunching of photons into higher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 P. Zapletal , T. Darras , H. Le Jeannic , A. Cavaillès , G. Guccione , J. Laurat , R. Filip

Coherent manipulation of quantum states of light is key to photonic quantum information processing. In this Letter, we show that a passive two-level nonlinearity suffices to implement non-Gaussian quantum operations on propagating field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Mads M. Lund , Fan Yang , Victor Rueskov Christiansen , Danil Kornovan , Klaus Mølmer

The presence of negative values in the Wigner quasiprobability distribution is deemed one of the hallmarks of nonclassical phenomena in quantum systems. Here we demonstrate a classical model of squeezed light that, when combined with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Brian R. La Cour

We experimentally demonstrate the generation of multi-photon Fock states with up to three photons in well-defined spatial-temporal modes synchronized with a classical clock. The states are characterized using quantum optical homodyne…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-27 Merlin Cooper , Laura J. Wright , Christoph Söller , Brian J. Smith

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

We propose a scheme to measure the quantum state of photons in a cavity. The proposal is based on the concept of quantum weak values and applies equally well to both the solid-state circuit and atomic cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Lupei Qin , Zhong Wang , Cheng Zhang , Xin-Qi Li

Schr\"odinger's equation serves as a fundamental component in characterizing quantum systems, wherein both quantum state tomography and Hamiltonian learning are instrumental in comprehending and interpreting quantum systems. While numerous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-25 Zheng An , Jiahui Wu , Muchun Yang , D. L. Zhou , Bei Zeng

We propose an experiment demonstrating the nonlocality of a quantum singlet-like state generated from a single photon incident on a beam splitter. Each of the two spatially separated apparatuses in the setup performs a strongly unbalanced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Konrad Banaszek , Krzysztof Wodkiewicz

Multi-photon Fock states have diverse applications such as optical quantum information processing. For the implementation of quantum information processing, it is desirable that Fock states be generated within the telecommunication…

For any finite dimensional Hilbert space, we construct explicitly five orthonormal bases such that the corresponding measurements allow for efficient tomography of an arbitrary pure quantum state. This means that such measurements can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-14 Claudio Carmeli , Teiko Heinosaari , Michael Kech , Jussi Schultz , Alessandro Toigo

We report an experimental realization of one-way quantum computing on a two-photon four-qubit cluster state. This is accomplished by developing a two-photon cluster state source entangled both in polarization and spatial modes. With this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-30 Kai Chen , Che-Ming Li , Qiang Zhang , Yu-Ao Chen , Alexander Goebel , Shuai Chen , Alois Mair , Jian-Wei Pan

We study the efficiency of quantum tomographic reconstruction where the system under investigation (quantum target) is indirectly monitored by looking at the state of a quantum probe that has been scattered off the target. In particular we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-02 A. De Pasquale , P. Facchi , V. Giovannetti , K. Yuasa

Atom-like defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) provide room-temperature single-photon emission and coherent spin states, making them attractive for quantum-computing and -sensing applications. However, their random spatial and spectral…