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We propose a method for optical interferometry in telescope arrays assisted by quantum networks. In our approach, the quantum state of incoming photons along with an arrival time index is stored in a binary qubit code at each receiver.…

We demonstrate deterministic control over the photon-number distribution by interfering two coherent beams within a disordered photonic lattice. By sweeping a relative phase between two equal-amplitude coherent fields with Poissonian…

We describe a nonlinear interferometric setup to perform a complete optical Bell measurement, i.e. to unambigously discriminate the four polarization entangled EPR-Bell photon pairs. The scheme is robust against detector inefficiency.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 MGA Paris , M Plenio , D Jonathan , S Bose , GM D'Ariano

Many protocols within quantum cryptography, communications, and computing require the ability to generate entangled states as well as spectral qudits. Nonlinear interferometry is a viable way to engineer these complex quantum states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Cody Charles Payne , Elaganuru Bashaiah , Markus Allgaier

With photon-number resolving detectors, we show compression of interference fringes with increasing photon numbers for a Fabry-Perot interferometer. This feature provides a higher precision in determining the position of the interference…

We propose methods to perform intensity interferometry of photons having two different wavelengths. Distinguishable particles typically cannot interfere with each other, but we overcome that obstacle by processing the particles via…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Jordan Cotler , Frank Wilczek , Victoria Borish

Using a linear optical elements and post-selection, we construct an entangled polarization state of three photons in the same spatial mode. This state is analogous to a ``photon-number path entangled state'' and can be used for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. W. Mitchell , J. S. Lundeen , A. M. Steinberg

We study a novel optical setup which is able to select a specific Fock component from a generic input state. The device allows to synthesize number states and superpositions of few number states, and to measure the photon distribution and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. M. D'Ariano , L. Maccone , M. G. A. Paris , M. F. Sacchi

Quantum phenomena such as entanglement can improve fundamental limits on the sensitivity of a measurement probe. In optical interferometry, a probe consisting of $N$ entangled photons provides up to a $\sqrt{N}$ enhancement in phase…

We demonstrate optical interferometry beyond the limits imposed by the photon wavelength using 'triggered' entangled photon pairs from a semiconductor quantum dot. Interference fringes of the entangled biphoton state reveals a periodicity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-03-28 R. M. Stevenson , A. J. Hudson , R. J. Young , P. Atkinson , K. Cooper , D. A. Ritchie , A. J. Shields

The working principles of linear optical quantum computing are based on photodetection, namely, projective measurements. The use of photodetection can provide efficient nonlinear interactions between photons at the single-photon level,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-09 Hwang Lee , Pieter Kok , Colin P. Williams , Jonathan P. Dowling

We analyze theoretically and experimentally cases of asymmetric detection, stimulation, and loss within a quantum nonlinear interferometer of entangled pairs. We show that the visibility of the SU(1,1) interference directly discerns between…

Quantum interferometry methods exploit quantum resources, such as photonic entanglement, to enhance phase estimation beyond classical limits. Nonlinear optics has served as a workhorse for the generation of entangled photon pairs, ensuring…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 Romain Dalidet , Anthony Martin , Grégory Sauder , Laurent Labonté , Sébastien Tanzilli

Deterministically tailoring optical Fock states beyond the single-photon level is crucial for boson sampling, loss-tolerant photonic qubits, and quantum-enhanced sensing, however has yet remained elusive. Here, we report an…

Controlling the photon statistics of light is paramount for quantum science and technologies. Recently, we demonstrated that transmitting resonant laser light past an ensemble of two-level emitters can result in a stream of single photons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-20 Martin Cordier , Max Schemmer , Philipp Schneeweiss , Jürgen Volz , Arno Rauschenbeutel

Multi-photon interference is at the heart of the recently proposed linear optical quantum computing scheme and plays an essential role in many protocols in quantum information. Indistinguishability is what leads to the effect of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 B. H. Liu , F. W. Sun , Y. X. Gong , Y. F. Huang , Z. Y. Ou , G. C. Guo

Optical interference is not only a fundamental phenomenon that has enabled new theories of light to be derived but it has also been used in interferometry for the measurement of small displacements, refractive index changes and surface…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-28 Chen Yang , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Yan Li , Shi-Kai Liu , Zheng Ge , Guang-Can Guo , Bao-Sen Shi

We demonstrate the generation of non-classical light by destructive interference of identical Kerr squeezed states. Perfect pair-wise cancellation of amplitudes that contribute to odd Fock states results in light with only even Fock states,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-20 Ziv Abelson , Shimshon Bar-Ad

This paper proposes a method for estimating and detecting optical signals in practical photon-counting receivers. There are two important aspects of non-perfect photon-counting receivers, namely, (i) dead time which results in blocking…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-21 Chen Wang , Zhiyong Xu , Jingyuan Wang , Jianhua Li , Weifeng Mou , Huatao Zhu , Jiyong Zhao , Yang Su , Yimin Wang , Ailin Qi

We present two-photon interference experiments with polarization-entangled photon pairs in a polarization-based Franson-type interferometer. Although the two photons do not meet at a common beamsplitter, a phase-insensitive Hong-Ou-Mandel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-17 Heonoh Kim , Sang Min Lee , Osung Kwon , Han Seb Moon