Recent progress in single-photon and entangled-photon generation and applications

S Takeuchi - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum information science has recently attracted a lot of attention. Its applications include
secure communication, quantum computation, quantum simulation, and quantum metrology …

Detection of degenerate Stokes index states

G Arora, S Deepa, SN Khan, P Senthilkumaran - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Stokes phase is the phase difference between orthogonal component states in the
decomposition of any polarization state. Phase singularities in the Stokes phase distribution …

Transport of orbital-angular-momentum entanglement through a turbulent atmosphere

BJ Pors, CH Monken, ER Eliel, JP Woerdman - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate experimentally how orbital-angular-momentum entanglement of two
photons evolves under the influence of atmospheric turbulence. Experimental results are in …

Quantum formulation for nanoscale optical and material chirality: symmetry issues, space and time parity, and observables

DL Andrews - Journal of Optics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
To properly represent the interplay and coupling of optical and material chirality at the
photon-molecule or photon-nanoparticle level invites a recognition of quantum facets in the …

Entangled optical vortex links

J Romero, J Leach, B Jack, MR Dennis… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
Optical vortices are lines of phase singularity which percolate through all optical fields. We
report the entanglement of linked optical vortex loops in the light produced by spontaneous …

Coherent states of the Laguerre–Gauss modes

MPM Rodríguez, OS Magaña-Loaiza, B Perez-Garcia… - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Large quantum photonic systems hold promise for surpassing classical computational limits,
yet their state preparation remains a challenge. We propose an alternative approach to …

Gouy phase induced polarization transition of focused vector vortex beams

Y Zhang, X Guo, L Han, P Li, S Liu, H Cheng… - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We propose a common criterion for the effect of Gouy phase on the distinct polarization
transition of focused vector vortex beams (VVBs). Such polarization transition is strongly …

High-order cylindrical vector beams with tunable topological charge up to 14 directly generated from a microchip laser with high beam quality and high efficiency

D Chen, Y Miao, H Fu, H He, J Tong, J Dong - APL Photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Large topological charge optical vortex beams carrying orbital angular momentum have
potential applications on optical trap**, optical communication with high capacity …

Fast biological imaging with quantum-enhanced Raman microscopy

A Terrasson, NP Mauranyapin, CA Casacio, JQ Grim… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy is a powerful label-free imaging technique
that probes the vibrational response of chemicals with high specificity and sensitivity. High …

Determining helicity and topological structure of coherent vortex beam from laser speckle

VRV, RK Singh - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a technique to quantitatively determine the
topological structure of the vortex beam coaxially launched into the random scattering media …