Tailoring nonlinear processes for quantum optics with pulsed temporal-mode encodings

V Ansari, JM Donohue, B Brecht, C Silberhorn - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The time-frequency degree of freedom is a powerful resource for implementing high-
dimensional quantum information processing. In particular, field-orthogonal pulsed temporal …

Laser writing of color centers

XJ Wang, HH Fang, FW Sun… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Color centers, optically active defects within solids, are vital for leading quantum information
technologies such as quantum computing and quantum sensing. An essential prerequisite …

Light-reconfiguring inhomogeneous soft helical pitch with fatigue resistance and reversibility

M Li, H Hu, B Liu, X Liu, ZG Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Active engineering and modulation of optical spectra in a remote and fully reversible light is
urgently desired in photonics, chemistry, and materials. However, the real-time regulation of …

High-speed noise-free optical quantum memory

KT Kaczmarek, PM Ledingham, B Brecht, SE Thomas… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
Optical quantum memories are devices that store and recall quantum light and are vital to
the realization of future photonic quantum networks. To date, much effort has been put into …

Multifunctional on-chip storage at telecommunication wavelength for quantum networks

I Craiciu, M Lei, J Rochman, JG Bartholomew… - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Quantum networks will enable a variety of applications, from secure communication and
precision measurements to distributed quantum computing. Storing photonic qubits and …

Polarization insensitive frequency conversion for an atom-photon entanglement distribution via a telecom network

R Ikuta, T Kobayashi, T Kawakami, S Miki… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Long-lifetime quantum storages accessible to the telecom photonic infrastructure are
essential to long-distance quantum communication. Atomic quantum storages have …
O Morin, M Körber, S Langenfeld, G Rempe - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Thorough control of the optical mode of a single photon is essential for quantum information
applications. We present a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of a light …

Fast, noise-free memory for photon synchronization at room temperature

R Finkelstein, E Poem, O Michel, O Lahad… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Future quantum photonic networks require coherent optical memories for synchronizing
quantum sources and gates of probabilistic nature. We demonstrate a fast ladder memory …

Highly efficient frequency conversion with bandwidth compression of quantum light

M Allgaier, V Ansari, L Sansoni, C Eigner… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Hybrid quantum networks rely on efficient interfacing of dissimilar quantum nodes, as
elements based on parametric downconversion sources, quantum dots, colour centres or …

Quantum-limited time-frequency estimation through mode-selective photon measurement

JM Donohue, V Ansari, J Řeháček, Z Hradil… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
By projecting onto complex optical mode profiles, it is possible to estimate arbitrarily small
separations between objects with quantum-limited precision, free of uncertainty arising from …