We review the current status of single-photon-source and single-photon-detector
technologies operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We discuss …

The distribution of quantum states over long distances is limited by photon loss.
Straightforward amplification as in classical telecommunications is not an option in quantum …

Large-scale quantum networks promise to enable secure communication, distributed
quantum computing, enhanced sensing and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics …

Quantum networks provide opportunities and challenges across a range of intellectual and
technical frontiers, including quantum computation, communication and metrology. The …

Quantum memory is essential for the development of many devices in quantum information
processing, including a synchronization tool that matches various processes within a …

Multiphoton interference reveals strictly nonclassical phenomena. Its applications range
from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to photonic quantum information processing …

During the past decade the interaction of light with multiatom ensembles has attracted much
attention as a basic building block for quantum information processing and quantum state …

Many applications of quantum communication crucially depend on reversible transfer of
quantum states between light and matter. Motivated by rapid recent developments in theory …

This paper reviews recent efforts to realize a high‐efficiency memory for optical pulses using
slow and stored light based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in …

Quantum-mechanically correlated (entangled) states of many particles are of interest in
quantum information, quantum computing and quantum metrology. Metrologically useful …