Spontaneous parametric down‐conversion sources for multiphoton experiments

C Zhang, YF Huang, BH Liu, CF Li… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Entangled photon sources are desirable and key elements for photonic quantum information
processing. The spontaneous parametric down‐conversion (SPDC) process is a convenient …

Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry

JW Pan, ZB Chen, CY Lu, H Weinfurter, A Zeilinger… - Reviews of Modern …, 2012‏ - APS
Multiphoton interference reveals strictly nonclassical phenomena. Its applications range
from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to photonic quantum information processing …

Continuous frequency entanglement: effective finite Hilbert space and entropy control

CK Law, IA Walmsley, JH Eberly - Physical Review Letters, 2000‏ - APS
We examine the quantum structure of continuum entanglement and in the context of short-
pulse down-conversion we answer the open question of how many of the uncountably many …

Research on hidden variable theories: A review of recent progresses

M Genovese - Physics Reports, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Quantum Mechanics (QM) is one of the pillars of modern physics: an impressive amount of
experiments have confirmed this theory and many technological applications are based on …

Two-photon fluorescence microscopy at extremely low excitation intensity: The power of quantum correlations

O Varnavski, T Goodson III - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Quantum entanglement has been shown to imply correlations stronger than those allowed
by classical models. The possibility of performing tasks that are classically impossible has …

Large-alphabet time-frequency entangled quantum key distribution by means of time-to-frequency conversion

J Nunn, LJ Wright, C Söller, L Zhang, IA Walmsley… - Optics express, 2013‏ - opg.optica.org
We introduce a novel time-frequency quantum key distribution (TFQKD) scheme based on
photon pairs entangled in these two conjugate degrees of freedom. The scheme uses …

Tailored photon-pair generation in optical fibers

O Cohen, JS Lundeen, BJ Smith, G Puentes… - Physical review …, 2009‏ - APS
We experimentally control the spectral structure of photon pairs created via spontaneous
four-wave mixing in microstructured fibers. By fabricating fibers with designed dispersion …

Photon pair generation in birefringent optical fibers

BJ Smith, P Mahou, O Cohen, JS Lundeen… - Optics express, 2009‏ - opg.optica.org
We study both experimentally and theoretically the generation of photon pairs by
spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) in standard birefringent optical fibers. The ability to …

Quantum light-enhanced two-photon imaging of breast cancer cells

O Varnavski, C Gunthardt, A Rehman… - The Journal of …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Correct biological interpretation from cell imaging can be achieved only if the observed
phenomena proceed with negligible perturbation from the imaging system. Herein, we …

Generation of a pulsed polarization entangled photon pair using a Sagnac interferometer

BS Shi, A Tomita - Physical Review A, 2004‏ - APS
In this paper, we report on a scheme to generate a pulsed polarization entangled photon
pair through the use of a Sagnac interferometer. To demonstrate its workability, we …