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Quantum process tomography might be the most important paradigm shift which has yet to be translated fully into theoretical chemistry. Its fundamental strength, long established in quantum information science, offers a wealth of information…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Max Marcus

We present an advanced quantum super-resolution imaging technique based on photon statistics measurement and its accurate modeling. Our reconstruction algorithm adapts to any kind of non-Poissonian emitters, outperforming the corresponding…

In classical binary holography, a target pattern located at infinity is generated by the diffraction of a plane wave passing through a binary mask with holes of the same size, placed at specific positions of a rectangular grid. Fresnel…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-17 Veronica P. Simonsen , Bodil Holst , Ingve Simonsen

We present Quantum Brush, an open-source digital painting tool that harnesses quantum computing to generate novel artistic expressions. The tool includes four different brushes that translate strokes into unique quantum algorithms, each…

The optical diffraction limit, formulated by Abbe 140 years ago, imposes a bound on imaging resolution in classical optics. Over the last twenty years, many theoretical schemes have been presented for overcoming the diffraction barrier in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-12 O. Schwartz , J. M. Levitt , R. Tenne , S. Itzhakov , Z. Deutsch , D. Oron

In the last years the possibility of creating and manipulating quantum states of light has paved the way to the development of new technologies exploiting peculiar properties of quantum states, as quantum information, quantum metrology &…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-17 Marco Genovese

In a previous paper [M. Tsang, Phys. Rev. A 99, 012305 (2019)], I proposed a quantum limit to the estimation of object moments in subdiffraction incoherent optical imaging. In this sequel, I prove the quantum limit rigorously by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-12 Mankei Tsang

The field of quantum sensing explores the use of quantum phenomena to measure a broad range of physical quantities, of both static and time-dependent types. An important figure of merit for sensing time dependent signals is the spectral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-05 Tuvia Gefen , Amit Rotem , Alex Retzker

Quantum computers are expected to be able to solve mathematical problems that cannot be solved using conventional computers. Many of these problems are of practical importance, especially in the areas of cryptography and secure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. B. Pittman , B. C. Jacobs , J. D. Franson

Ultrafast electron diffraction and time-resolved serial crystallography are the basis of the ongoing revolution in capturing at the atomic level of detail the structural dynamics of molecules. However, most experiments employ the classical…

The interest in a system often resides in the interplay among different parameters governing its evolution. It is thus often required to access many of them at once for a complete description. Assessing how quantum enhancement in such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-22 Francesco Albarelli , Marco Barbieri , Marco G. Genoni , Ilaria Gianani

In classical optical interferometry, loss and background complicate achieving fast nanometer-resolution measurements with illumination at low light levels. Conversely, quantum two-photon interference is unaffected by loss and background,…

We propose a technique to obtain sub-wavelength resolution in quantum imaging with potentially 100% contrast using incoherent light. Our method requires neither path-entangled number states nor multi-photon absorption. The scheme makes use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Thiel , T. Bastin , J. Martin , E. Solano , J. von Zanthier , G. S. Agarwal

The nanoscale control afforded by scanning probe microscopes has prompted the development of a wide variety of scanning probe-based patterning methods. Some of these methods have demonstrated a high degree of robustness and patterning…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-07 Ricardo Garcia , Armin W. Knoll , Elisa Riedo

The Hilbert space formalism of quantum mechanics is reviewed with emphasis on applications to quantum computing. Standard interferomeric techniques are used to construct a physical device capable of universal quantum computation. Some…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Svozil

Quantum gates and simple quantum algorithms can be designed utilizing the diffraction phenomena of a photon within a multiplexed holographic element. The quantum eigenstates we use are the photon's linear momentum (LM) as measured by the…

Quantum optics plays a central role in the study of fundamental concepts in quantum mechanics, and in the development of new technological applications. Typical experiments employ non-classical light, such as entangled photons, generated by…

Quantum imaging exploits the spatial correlations between photons to image object features with a higher resolution than a corresponding classical light source could achieve. Using a quantum correlated $N$-photon state, the method of…

Quantum computers are designed to outperform standard computers by running quantum algorithms. Areas in which quantum algorithms can be applied include cryptography, search and optimisation, simulation of quantum systems, and solving large…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-24 Ashley Montanaro

We demonstrate a systematic approach to sub-wavelength resolution lithographic image formation on films covering areas larger than a wavelength squared. For example, it is possible to make a lithographic pattern with a feature size…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gunnar Bjork , Luis L. Sanchez Soto , Jonas Soderholm