Quantum interferometers: principles and applications

RB **, ZQ Zeng, C You, C Yuan - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2024 - Elsevier
Interference, which refers to the phenomenon associated with the superposition of waves,
has played a crucial role in the advancement of physics and finds a wide range of …

Phase-matching quantum key distribution

X Ma, P Zeng, H Zhou - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Quantum key distribution allows remote parties to generate information-theoretic secure
keys. The bottleneck throttling its real-life applications lies in the limited communication …

Interference at the single photon level along satellite-ground channels

G Vallone, D Dequal, M Tomasin, F Vedovato… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Quantum interference arising from the superposition of states is striking evidence of the
validity of quantum mechanics, confirmed in many experiments and also exploited in …

Experimental post-selection loophole-free time-bin and energy-time nonlocality with integrated photonics

FBL Santagiustina, C Agnesi, A Alarcón, A Cabello… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Time-bin (TB) and energy-time (ET) entanglements are crucial resources<? TeX 2pc 0pt?>
for long-distance quantum information processing. However, their standard implementations …

Postselection-loophole-free Bell violation with genuine time-bin entanglement

F Vedovato, C Agnesi, M Tomasin, M Avesani… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Entanglement is an invaluable resource for fundamental tests of physics and the
implementation of quantum information protocols such as device-independent secure …

[HTML][HTML] The origin of Franson-type nonlocal correlation

BS Ham - AVS Quantum Science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
RESULTS Figure 1 shows the original Franson scheme for nonlocal correlation using
entangled photon pairs generated from SPDC processes. 20 As studied 29 and applied for …

Few-mode-fiber technology fine-tunes losses in quantum communication systems

A Alarcon, J Argillander, G Lima, GB Xavier - Physical review applied, 2021 - APS
A natural choice for quantum communication is to use the relative phase between two paths
of a single photon for information encoding. This method was nevertheless quickly identified …

Polarization-independent single-photon switch based on a fiber-optical Sagnac interferometer for quantum communication networks

A Alarcon, P González, J Cariñe, G Lima, GB Xavier - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
An essential component of future quantum networks is an optical switch capable of
dynamically routing single photons. Here we implement such a switch, based on a fiber …

Time-encoded photonic quantum states: Generation, processing, and applications

H Yu, AO Govorov, HZ Song, Z Wang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Encoding and processing quantum information in the time-of-arrival of photons offer
significant advantages for quantum information science and technology. These advantages …

On safe post-selection for Bell tests with ideal detectors: Causal diagram approach

P Blasiak, E Borsuk, M Markiewicz - Quantum, 2021 - quantum-journal.org
Abstract Reasoning about Bell nonlocality from the correlations observed in post-selected
data is always a matter of concern. This is because conditioning on the outcomes is a source …