Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum physics

C Couteau, S Barz, T Durt, T Gerrits, J Huwer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
With the development of photonic quantum technologies, single photons have become key
for various applications including quantum communication and quantum computing …

Attosecond science and the tunnelling time problem

AS Landsman, U Keller - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
The question of how long it takes a particle to tunnel through a potential barrier has been a
subject of intense theoretical debate for the last 80 years. In this decade of attosecond …

Decolonisation of fractional calculus rules: breaking commutativity and associativity to capture more natural phenomena

A Atangana, JF Gómez-Aguilar - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2018 - Springer
To answer some issues raised about the concept of fractional differentiation and integration
based on the exponential and Mittag-Leffler laws, we present, in this paper, fundamental …

Experimental verification of an indefinite causal order

G Rubino, LA Rozema, A Feix, M Araújo, JM Zeuner… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Investigating the role of causal order in quantum mechanics has recently revealed that the
causal relations of events may not be a priori well defined in quantum theory. Although this …

Negative quasiprobabilities enhance phase estimation in quantum-optics experiment

N Lupu-Gladstein, YB Yilmaz… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Operator noncommutation, a hallmark of quantum theory, limits measurement precision,
according to uncertainty principles. Wielded correctly, though, noncommutation can boost …

Spin–orbit coupling in surface plasmon scattering by nanostructures

D O'connor, P Ginzburg, FJ Rodríguez-Fortuño… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The spin Hall effect leads to the separation of electrons with opposite spins in different
directions perpendicular to the electric current flow because of interaction between spin and …

Stronger uncertainty relations for all incompatible observables

L Maccone, AK Pati - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
The Heisenberg-Robertson uncertainty relation expresses a limitation in the possible
preparations of the system by giving a lower bound to the product of the variances of two …

Approaching optimal entangling collective measurements on quantum computing platforms

LO Conlon, T Vogl, CD Marciniak, I Pogorelov… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Entanglement is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics and holds great promise for
enhancing metrology and communications. Much of the focus of quantum metrology so far …

Proof of Heisenberg's error-disturbance relation

P Busch, P Lahti, RF Werner - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
While the slogan “no measurement without disturbance” has established itself under the
name of the Heisenberg effect in the consciousness of the scientifically interested public, a …

Colloquium: Quantum root-mean-square error and measurement uncertainty relations

P Busch, P Lahti, RF Werner - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014 - APS
Recent years have witnessed a controversy over Heisenberg's famous error-disturbance
relation. Here the conflict is resolved by way of an analysis of the possible …