Quantum-enhanced measurements without entanglement

D Braun, G Adesso, F Benatti, R Floreanini… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
Quantum-enhanced measurements exploit quantum mechanical effects for increasing the
sensitivity of measurements of certain physical parameters and have great potential for both …

Hybrid discrete-and continuous-variable quantum information

UL Andersen, JS Neergaard-Nielsen, P Van Loock… - Nature Physics, 2015 - nature.com
Research in quantum information processing has followed two different directions: the use of
discrete variables (qubits) and that of high-dimensional, continuous-variable Gaussian …

Experimental photonic quantum memristor

M Spagnolo, J Morris, S Piacentini, M Antesberger… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Memristive devices are a class of physical systems with history-dependent dynamics
characterized by signature hysteresis loops in their input–output relations. In the past few …

Roadmap on quantum light spectroscopy

S Mukamel, M Freyberger, W Schleich… - Journal of physics B …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Conventional spectroscopy uses classical light to detect matter properties through the
variation of its response with frequencies or time delays. Quantum light opens up new …

Photon blockade in the ultrastrong coupling regime

A Ridolfo, M Leib, S Savasta, MJ Hartmann - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
We explore photon coincidence counting statistics in the ultrastrong coupling regime, where
the atom-cavity coupling rate becomes comparable to the cavity resonance frequency. In this …

Machine learning method for state preparation and gate synthesis on photonic quantum computers

JM Arrazola, TR Bromley, J Izaac… - Quantum Science …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We show how techniques from machine learning and optimization can be used to find
circuits of photonic quantum computers that perform a desired transformation between input …

Enlargement of optical Schrödinger's cat states

DV Sychev, AE Ulanov, AA Pushkina, MW Richards… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Superpositions of macroscopically distinct quantum states, introduced in Schrödinger's
famous Gedankenexperiment, are an epitome of quantum 'strangeness' and a natural tool …

Squeezed light

AI Lvovsky - Photonics: Scientific Foundations, Technology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The basic idea of squeezing can be understood by considering the quantum harmonic
oscillator, familiar from undergraduate quantum mechanics. Squeezing is best visualized by …

An optimized photon pair source for quantum circuits

G Harder, V Ansari, B Brecht, T Dirmeier… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We implement an ultrafast pulsed type-II parametric down conversion source in a
periodically poled KTP waveguide at telecommunication wavelengths with almost identical …

Continuous-variable entanglement via multiphoton catalysis

L Hu, Z Liao, MS Zubairy - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We theoretically investigate the performance of multiphoton catalysis applied on the two-
mode squeezed state by examining the entropy of entanglement, logarithmic negativity …