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A novel quantum imaging technique has recently been demonstrated in an experiment, where the photon used for illuminating an object is not detected; the image is obtained by interfering two beams, none of which ever interacts with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-06 Mayukh Lahiri , Radek Lapkiewicz , Gabriela Barreto Lemos , Anton Zeilinger

We investigate the {\em nonlinearity-assisted quantum tunneling} and formation of nonlinear collective excitations in a matter-wave interferometer, which is realised by the adiabatic transformation of a double-well potential into a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-10-25 Chaohong Lee , Elena A. Ostrovskaya , Yuri S. Kivshar

We demonstrate that the interaction of loop and nonlinear Fano resonances results in a formation of hybrid resonant states in Mach-Zehnder type interferometers, providing with opportunities for an advanced phase manipulation. The nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-20 Yi Xu , Andrey E. Miroshnichenko

Resonance fluorescence from a coherently driven two-level emitter is a minimal quantum optical field that combines phase coherence with single-photon-level nonlinearity. Here we show that it can be engineered, using only passive linear…

Coupling light to ensembles of strongly interacting particles has emerged as a promising route toward achieving few photon nonlinearities. One specific way to implement this kind of nonlinearity is to interface light with highly excited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Callum R. Murray , Thomas Pohl

We develop a theoretical description of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer built from integer quantum Hall edge states, with an emphasis on how electron-electron interactions produce decoherence. We calculate the visibility of interference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-22 J. T. Chalker , Yuval Gefen , M. Y. Veillette

Quantum interferometric sensing plays a crucial role in a wide range of applications, including quantum metrology, quantum imaging, and quantum lithography, where minute phase shifts carry valuable physical information. The strength of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Samata Gokhale , Netanel P. Yaish , Michal Natan , Saar Levin , Yogesh Dandekar , Avi Pe'er

In this article, we report classical sensing with undetected light using octave spanning stimulated four-wave mixing from a plasmonic metasurface. The bidirectional nonlinear scattering due to inherent reflections from such thin nonlinear…

Photons, by nature, typically do not exhibit interactions with each other. Creating photon-photon interactions holds immense importance in both fundamental physics and quantum technologies. Currently, such interactions have only been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 Mengdi Zhao , Yunkai Wang , Shanhui Fan , Kejie Fang

A critical aspect of quantum mechanics is the nonlocal nature of the wavefunction, a characteristic that may yield unexpected coupling of nominally-isolated systems. The capacity to detect this coupling can be vital in many situations,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 S. Xiao , Y. Yoon , Y. -H. Lee , J. P. Bird , Y. Ochiai , N. Aoki , J. L. Reno , J. Fransson

The study of dynamic systems at the nanometer scale can benefit from the loss and background resilience offered by quantum two-photon interference. However, fast measurements with the required resolution are difficult to realize. As a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-08 Colin P. Lualdi , Joshua Rapp , Spencer J. Johnson , Michael Vayninger , Paul G. Kwiat

Atomic coherence effects arising from coherent light-atom interaction are conventionally known to be governed by quantum interference and optical pumping mechanisms. However, anisotropic nonlinear response driven by optical field involves…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-06-02 A. Kani , Harshawardhan Wanare

Quantum simulation and sensing hold great promise for providing new insights into nature, from understanding complex interacting systems to searching for undiscovered physics. Large ensembles of laser-cooled atoms interacting via…

Quantum spectroscopy seeks to probe chemical systems using nonclassical light, which has properties that are qualitatively and quantitatively different than conventional light sources. One promising technique uses intensity-correlated twin…

Optical nonlinearities are fundamental in several types of optical information processing protocols. However, the high laser intensities needed for implementing phase nonlinearities using conventional optical materials represent a challenge…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-08 Mauricio Arias , Johan F. Triana , Aldo Delgado , Felipe Herrera

Engineering and studying few-electron states in ballistic conductors is a key step towards understanding entanglement in quantum electronic systems. In this Letter, we introduce the intrinsic two-electron coherence of an electronic source…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 E. Thibierge , D. Ferraro , B. Roussel , C. Cabart , A. Marguerite , G. Fève , P. Degiovanni

Quantum imaging with undetected light has recently emerged as a technique in which quantum correlations and nonlinear interferometry are combined to decouple illumination and detection paths. This approach has been more recently extended…

Interferometers measure a wide variety of dynamic processes by converting a phase change into an intensity change. Nonlinear interferometers, making use of nonlinear media in lieu of beamsplitters, promise substantial improvement in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-16 Joseph M. Lukens , Nicholas A. Peters , Raphael C. Pooser

We theoretically study the non-equilibrium correlations and entanglement between distant semiconductor qubits in a one-dimensional coupled-mechanical-resonator chain. Each qubit is defined by a double quantum dot (DQD) and embedded in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Di Yu , Zhi-Meng Guo , Guang-Wei Deng

Quantum-enhanced, idler-free sensing protocol to measure the response of a target object to the frequency of a probe in a noisy and lossy scenario is proposed. In this protocol, a target with frequency-dependent reflectivity embedded in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Mateo Casariego , Yasser Omar , Mikel Sanz