Microwave-optical quantum frequency conversion

X Han, W Fu, CL Zou, L Jiang, HX Tang - Optica, 2021‏ - opg.optica.org
Photons at microwave and optical frequencies are principal carriers for quantum information.
While microwave photons can be effectively controlled at the local circuit level, optical …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for quantum information

L You - Nanophotonics, 2020‏ - degruyter.com
The superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is a quantum-limit
superconducting optical detector based on the Cooper-pair breaking effect by a single …

[HTML][HTML] Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: A perspective on evolution, state-of-the-art, future developments, and applications

I Esmaeil Zadeh, J Chang, JWN Los, S Gyger… - Applied Physics …, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
Two decades after their demonstration, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
(SNSPDs) have become indispensable tools for quantum photonics as well as for many …

A 100-pixel photon-number-resolving detector unveiling photon statistics

R Cheng, Y Zhou, S Wang, M Shen, T Taher… - Nature Photonics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Single-photon detectors are ubiquitous in quantum information science and quantum
sensing. They are key enabling technologies for numerous scientific discoveries and …

[HTML][HTML] Why I am optimistic about the silicon-photonic route to quantum computing

T Rudolph - APL photonics, 2017‏ - pubs.aip.org
This is a short overview explaining how building a large-scale, silicon-photonic quantum
computer has been reduced to the creation of good sources of 3-photon entangled states …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review article: Single-photon sources and detectors

MD Eisaman, J Fan, A Migdall… - Review of scientific …, 2011‏ - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Photonic quantum simulators

A Aspuru-Guzik, P Walther - Nature physics, 2012‏ - nature.com
Quantum simulators are controllable quantum systems that can be used to mimic other
quantum systems. They have the potential to enable the tackling of problems that are …

Optical quantum metrology

M Barbieri - PRX Quantum, 2022‏ - APS
The purpose of quantum technologies is to explore how quantum effects can improve on
existing solutions for the treatment of information. Quantum photonics sensing holds great …

Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensembles and linear optics

N Sangouard, C Simon, H De Riedmatten… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011‏ - APS
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 …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: physics and applications

CM Natarajan, MG Tanner… - … science and technology, 2012‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowires (SSPDs or SNSPDs) have
rapidly emerged as a highly promising photon-counting technology for infrared wavelengths …