The interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with transparent materials is a topic that
has caused great interest of scientists over the past two decades. It will continue to be a …

Quantum metrology is one of the most promising applications of quantum technologies. The
aim of this research field is the estimation of unknown parameters exploiting quantum …

Quantum information processing is nowadays an established branch of quantum mechanics
applications. Recent results in different areas, ranging from communications to computing …

The field of quantum algorithms aims to find ways to speed up the solution of computational
problems by using a quantum computer. A key milestone in this field will be when a …

A boson sampler implements a restricted model of quantum computing. It is defined by the
ability to sample from the distribution resulting from the interference of identical bosons …

A boson sampling device is a specialized quantum computer that solves a problem that is
strongly believed to be computationally hard for classical computers. Recently, a number of …

Boson sampling is a computational task strongly believed to be hard for classical computers,
but efficiently solvable by orchestrated bosonic interference in a specialized quantum …

Integrated quantum photonics, ie the generation, manipulation, and detection of quantum
states of light in integrated photonic chips, is revolutionizing the field of quantum information …

Quantum computers promise to solve certain problems that are forever intractable to
classical computers. The first of these devices are likely to tackle bespoke problems suited to …

The identification of phenomena able to pinpoint quantum interference is attracting large
interest. Indeed, a generalization of the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect valid for any number of …