[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in Wigner function approaches

J Weinbub, DK Ferry - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The Wigner function was formulated in 1932 by Eugene Paul Wigner, at a time when
quantum mechanics was in its infancy. In doing so, he brought phase space representations …

Resource theory of quantum non-Gaussianity and Wigner negativity

F Albarelli, MG Genoni, MGA Paris, A Ferraro - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We develop a resource theory for continuous-variable systems grounded on operations
routinely available within current quantum technologies. In particular, the set of free …

Roadmap on all-optical processing

P Minzioni, C Lacava, T Tanabe, J Dong, X Hu… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The ability to process optical signals without passing into the electrical domain has always
attracted the attention of the research community. Processing photons by photons unfolds …

Protecting the quantum interference of cat states by phase-space compression

X Pan, J Schwinger, NN Huang, P Song, W Chua… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
Cat states, with their unique phase-space interference properties, are ideal candidates for
understanding fundamental principles of quantum mechanics and performing key quantum …

Quantum error correction using squeezed Schrödinger cat states

DS Schlegel, F Minganti, V Savona - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Bosonic quantum codes redundantly encode quantum information in the states of a quantum
harmonic oscillator, making it possible to detect and correct errors. Schrödinger cat codes …

Autonomous quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computation with squeezed cat qubits

Q Xu, G Zheng, YX Wang, P Zoller, AA Clerk… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
We propose an autonomous quantum error correction scheme using squeezed cat (SC)
code against excitation loss in continuous-variable systems. Through reservoir engineering …

Conversion of Gaussian states to non-Gaussian states using photon-number-resolving detectors

D Su, CR Myers, KK Sabapathy - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Generation of high-fidelity photonic non-Gaussian states is a crucial ingredient for universal
quantum computation using continuous-variable platforms, yet it remains a challenge to do …

Generation of optical Schrödinger cat states by generalized photon subtraction

K Takase, J Yoshikawa, W Asavanant, M Endo… - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We propose a high-rate generation method of optical Schrödinger cat states. Thus far,
photon subtraction from squeezed vacuum states has been a standard method in cat-state …

Quantum squeezing in a nonlinear mechanical oscillator

S Marti, U von Lüpke, O Joshi, Y Yang, M Bild… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Mechanical degrees of freedom are natural candidates for continuous-variable quantum
information processing and bosonic quantum simulations. However, these applications …

Deterministic preparation of optical squeezed cat and Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill states

MS Winnel, JJ Guanzon, D Singh, TC Ralph - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Large-amplitude squeezed cat states and high-quality Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP)
states are essential for effective quantum error correction, yet their optical preparation has …