Spontaneous parametric down-conversion

C Couteau - Contemporary Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion (SPDC), also known as parametric
fluorescence, parametric noise, parametric scattering and all various combinations of the …

Quantum metrology and its application in biology

MA Taylor, WP Bowen - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Quantum metrology provides a route to overcome practical limits in sensing devices. It holds
particular relevance to biology, where sensitivity and resolution constraints restrict …

[HTML][HTML] Photonic quantum metrology

E Polino, M Valeri, N Spagnolo, F Sciarrino - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum metrology is one of the most promising applications of quantum technologies. The
aim of this research field is the estimation of unknown parameters exploiting quantum …

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 …

On-chip quantum interference between silicon photon-pair sources

JW Silverstone, D Bonneau, K Ohira, N Suzuki… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Large-scale integrated quantum photonic technologies, will require on-chip integration of
identical photon sources with reconfigurable waveguide circuits. Relatively complex …

Quantum plasmonic sensors

C Lee, B Lawrie, R Pooser, KG Lee… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The extraordinary sensitivity of plasmonic sensors is well-known in the optics and photonics
community. These sensors exploit simultaneously the enhancement and the localization of …

Biological measurement beyond the quantum limit

MA Taylor, J Janousek, V Daria, J Knittel, B Hage… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Dynamic biological measurements require low light levels to avoid damaging the specimen.
With this constraint on optical power, quantum noise fundamentally limits the measurement …

Anderson localization of entangled photons in an integrated quantum walk

A Crespi, R Osellame, R Ramponi, V Giovannetti… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
First predicted for quantum particles in the presence of a disordered potential, Anderson
localization is a ubiquitous effect, observed also in classical systems, arising from the …

An entanglement-enhanced microscope

T Ono, R Okamoto, S Takeuchi - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
Among the applications of optical phase measurement, the differential interference contrast
microscope is widely used for the evaluation of opaque materials or biological tissues …

Femtosecond laser micromachining for integrated quantum photonics

G Corrielli, A Crespi, R Osellame - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
Integrated quantum photonics, ie the generation, manipulation, and detection of quantum
states of light in integrated photonic chips, is revolutionizing the field of quantum information …