Production and applications of non-Gaussian quantum states of light

AI Lvovsky, P Grangier, A Ourjoumtsev, V Parigi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
This review covers recent theoretical and experimental efforts to extend the application of
the continuous-variable quantum technology of light beyond" Gaussian" quantum states …

Photonic Maxwell's demon

MD Vidrighin, O Dahlsten, M Barbieri, MS Kim… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We report an experimental realization of Maxwell's demon in a photonic setup. We show that
a measurement at the few-photons level followed by a feed-forward operation allows the …

Photon-by-photon quantum light state engineering

N Biagi, S Francesconi, A Zavatta, M Bellini - Progress in Quantum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to manipulate light at the level of single photons, its elementary excitation quanta,
has recently made it possible to produce a rich variety of tailor-made quantum states and …

Generation of hybrid entanglement of light

H Jeong, A Zavatta, M Kang, SW Lee, LS Costanzo… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Entanglement between quantum and classical objects is of special interest in the context of
fundamental studies of quantum mechanics and potential applications for quantum …

A high-fidelity noiseless amplifier for quantum light states

A Zavatta, J Fiurášek, M Bellini - Nature Photonics, 2011 - nature.com
Noise is the price to pay when trying to clone or amplify arbitrary quantum states. However,
the quantum noise associated with linear phase-insensitive amplifiers can be avoided by …

Quantifying non-Gaussianity for quantum information

MG Genoni, MGA Paris - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2010 - APS
We address the quantification of non-Gaussianity (nG) of states and operations in
continuous-variable systems and its use in quantum information. We start by illustrating in …

Continuous-variable entanglement via multiphoton catalysis

L Hu, Z Liao, MS Zubairy - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We theoretically investigate the performance of multiphoton catalysis applied on the two-
mode squeezed state by examining the entropy of entanglement, logarithmic negativity …

Quantum state engineering by a coherent superposition of photon subtraction and addition

SY Lee, H Nha - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2010 - APS
We study a coherent superposition t â+ r ↠of field annihilation and creation operators
acting on continuous variable systems and propose its application for quantum state …

Enhancing quantum entanglement for continuous variables by a coherent superposition of photon subtraction and addition

SY Lee, SW Ji, HJ Kim, H Nha - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2011 - APS
We investigate how the entanglement properties of a two-mode state can be improved by
performing a coherent superposition operation t â+ r ↠of photon subtraction and …

Enhancing quantum entanglement by photon addition and subtraction

C Navarrete-Benlloch, R García-Patrón… - Physical Review A …, 2012 - APS
The non-Gaussian operations effected by adding or subtracting a photon on entangled
optical beams emerging from a parametric down-conversion process have been suggested …