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Wolterink TAW, Heinrich M, Scheel S, Szameit A. Order-Invariant Two-Photon Quantum Correlations in PT-Symmetric Interferometers. ACS PHOTONICS 2023; 10:3451-3457. [PMID: 37869557 PMCID: PMC10588553 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Multiphoton correlations in linear photonic quantum networks are governed by matrix permanents. Yet, surprisingly few systematic properties of these crucial algebraic objects are known. As such, predicting the overall multiphoton behavior of a network from its individual building blocks typically defies intuition. In this work, we identify sequences of concatenated two-mode linear optical transformations whose two-photon behavior is invariant under reversal of the order. We experimentally verify this systematic behavior in parity-time-symmetric complex interferometer arrangements of varying compositions. Our results underline new ways in which quantum correlations may be preserved in counterintuitive ways, even in small-scale non-Hermitian networks.
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- Tom A. W. Wolterink
- Institute for Physics, University
of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Physics, University
of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Physics, University
of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Physics, University
of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Hernández-Sánchez L, Ramos-Prieto I, Soto-Eguibar F, Moya-Cessa HM. Exact solution for the interaction of two decaying quantized fields. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:5435-5438. [PMID: 37831886 DOI: 10.1364/ol.503837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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We show that the Markovian dynamics of two coupled harmonic oscillators may be analyzed using a Schrödinger equation and an effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. This may be achieved by a non-unitary transformation that involves superoperators; such transformation enables the removal of quantum jump superoperators, which allows us to rewrite the Lindblad master equation in terms of a von Neumann-like equation with an effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian. This may be generalized to an arbitrary number of interacting fields. Finally, by applying an extra non-unitary transformation, we may diagonalize the effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian to obtain the evolution of any input state in a fully quantum domain.
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Chiriano F, Ho J, Morrison CL, Webb JW, Pickston A, Graffitti F, Fedrizzi A. Hyper-entanglement between pulse modes and frequency bins. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:35131-35142. [PMID: 37859251 DOI: 10.1364/oe.494070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Hyper-entanglement between two or more photonic degrees of freedom (DOF) can enhance and enable new quantum protocols by allowing each DOF to perform the task it is optimally suited for. Here we demonstrate the generation of photon pairs hyper-entangled between pulse modes and frequency bins. The pulse modes are generated via parametric downconversion in a domain-engineered crystal and subsequently entangled to two frequency bins via a spectral mapping technique. The resulting hyper-entangled state is characterized and verified via measurement of its joint spectral intensity and non-classical two-photon interference patterns from which we infer its spectral phase. The protocol combines the robustness to loss, intrinsic high dimensionality and compatibility with standard fiber-optic networks of the energy-time DOF with the ability of hyper-entanglement to increase the capacity and efficiency of the quantum channel, already exploited in recent experimental applications in both quantum information and quantum computation.
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Guo Y, Yang ZX, Zeng ZQ, Ding C, Shimizu R, Jin RB. Comparison of multi-mode Hong-Ou-Mandel interference and multi-slit interference. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:32849-32864. [PMID: 37859078 DOI: 10.1364/oe.501645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference of multi-mode frequency entangled states plays a crucial role in quantum metrology. However, as the number of modes increases, the HOM interference pattern becomes increasingly complex, making it challenging to comprehend intuitively. To overcome this problem, we present the theory and simulation of multi-mode-HOM interference (MM-HOMI) and compare it to multi-slit interference (MSI). We find that these two interferences have a strong mapping relationship and are determined by two factors: the envelope factor and the details factor. The envelope factor is contributed by the single-mode HOM interference (single-slit diffraction) for MM-HOMI (MSI). The details factor is given by sin (Nx)/sin (x) ([sin (Nv)/sin (v)]2) for MM-HOMI (MSI), where N is the mode (slit) number and x (v) is the phase spacing of two adjacent spectral modes (slits). As a potential application, we demonstrate that the square root of the maximal Fisher information in MM-HOMI increases linearly with the number of modes, indicating that MM-HOMI is a powerful tool for enhancing precision in time estimation. We also discuss multi-mode Mach-Zehnder interference, multi-mode NOON-state interference, and the extended Wiener-Khinchin theorem. This work may provide an intuitive understanding of MM-HOMI patterns and promote the application of MM-HOMI in quantum metrology.
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Szuniewicz J, Kurdziałek S, Kundu S, Zwolinski W, Chrapkiewicz R, Lahiri M, Lapkiewicz R. Noise-resistant phase imaging with intensity correlation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadh5396. [PMID: 37738351 PMCID: PMC10516487 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Interferometric methods form the basis of highly sensitive measurement techniques from astronomy to bioimaging. Interferometry typically requires high stability between the measured and reference beams. The presence of rapid phase fluctuations washes out interference fringes, making phase profile recovery impossible. This challenge can be addressed by shortening the measurement time. However, such an approach reduces photon-counting rates, precluding applications in low-intensity imaging. We introduce a phase imaging technique which is immune to time-dependent phase fluctuations. Our technique, relying on intensity correlation instead of direct intensity measurements, allows one to obtain high interference visibility for arbitrarily long acquisition times. We prove the optimality of our method using the Cramér-Rao bound in the extreme case when no more than two photons are detected within the time window of phase stability. Our technique will broaden prospects in phase measurements, including emerging applications such as in infrared and x-ray imaging and quantum and matter-wave interferometry.
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- Jerzy Szuniewicz
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland
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Fujihashi Y, Miwa K, Higashi M, Ishizaki A. Probing exciton dynamics with spectral selectivity through the use of quantum entangled photons. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:114201. [PMID: 37712788 DOI: 10.1063/5.0169768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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Quantum light is increasingly recognized as a promising resource for developing optical measurement techniques. Particular attention has been paid to enhancing the precision of the measurements beyond classical techniques by using nonclassical correlations between quantum entangled photons. Recent advances in the quantum optics technology have made it possible to manipulate spectral and temporal properties of entangled photons, and photon correlations can facilitate the extraction of matter information with relatively simple optical systems compared to conventional schemes. In these respects, the applications of entangled photons to time-resolved spectroscopy can open new avenues for unambiguously extracting information on dynamical processes in complex molecular and materials systems. Here, we propose time-resolved spectroscopy in which specific signal contributions are selectively enhanced by harnessing nonclassical correlations of entangled photons. The entanglement time characterizes the mutual delay between an entangled twin and determines the spectral distribution of photon correlations. The entanglement time plays a dual role as the knob for controlling the accessible time region of dynamical processes and the degrees of spectral selectivity. In this sense, the role of the entanglement time is substantially equivalent to the temporal width of the classical laser pulse. The results demonstrate that the application of quantum entangled photons to time-resolved spectroscopy leads to monitoring dynamical processes in complex molecular and materials systems by selectively extracting desired signal contributions from congested spectra. We anticipate that more elaborately engineered photon states would broaden the availability of quantum light spectroscopy.
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- Yuta Fujihashi
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
- Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
- Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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de Barros JA, Holik F. Ontological indistinguishability as a central tenet of quantum theory. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2023; 381:20220100. [PMID: 37517445 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Quantum indistinguishability directly relates to the philosophical debate on the notions of identity and individuality. They are crucial for our understanding of multipartite quantum systems. Furthermore, the correct interpretation of this feature of quantum theory has implications that transcend fundamental science and philosophy, given that quantum indistinguishability is a resource in quantum information theory. Most of the conceptual analysis of quantum indistinguishability is restricted to studying the permutational invariance of quantum states, the concomitant quantum statistics and their entanglement. Here, we analyse the role of indistinguishability and non-individuality in other areas of quantum theory. We start by analysing how a very peculiar use of indistinguishability underlies Feynman's rules for summing amplitudes in interference phenomena. Next, we study how quantum indistinguishability is underestimated in several topics of debate in the quantum physics literature, such as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument, Bell's inequalities and the Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem. Finally, we argue that an ontology of truly indistinguishable entities can serve as a basis for a quantum ontology that can give interesting answers to the interpretational problems of quantum mechanics. We claim that, in addition to superposition, contextuality and entanglement, indistinguishability (understood in a robust ontological sense) is one of the central features of quantum physics. This article is part of the theme issue 'Identity, individuality and indistinguishability in physics and mathematics'.
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- J A de Barros
- School of Liberal Studies, San Francisco State University, 1900 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Instituto de Física La Plata (CONICET-UNLP), Calle 113 entre 64 y 64 S/N, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Dieks D. Emergence and identity of quantum particles. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2023; 381:20220107. [PMID: 37517439 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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According to classical physics, particles are basic constituents of the physical world. Quantum theory is much less friendly to particles; in particular, relativistic quantum field theory (RQFT) creates serious obstacles for the idea that particles are fundamental. Apparently, when moving from the domain of RQFT to that of classical mechanics (CM), particles have to emerge at some stage. It is standard to assume that this emergence has been completed at the level of quantum mechanics, halfway between RQFT and CM, even though particles of the same kind in many-particle quantum mechanics have the curious feature of being 'entities without identity'. Against this 'Received View' about the nature of quantum particles we outline and defend an Alternative View (AV), in which the emergent character of particles is emphasized. According to this AV, the step to a particle theory has not yet been made in quantum mechanics: conditions have still to be satisfied in order to make the particle concept applicable. If these conditions are met, the quantum particles that emerge are distinguishable individuals possessing physically defined identities, in stark contrast to what the Received View asserts. We will compare and contrast the two Views, both from a physical and a logical/conceptual point of view. This article is part of the theme issue 'Identity, individuality and indistinguishability in physics and mathematics'.
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- Dennis Dieks
- History and Philosophy of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht,The Netherlands
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Bigaj T. Entanglement and discernibility of identical particles. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2023; 381:20220105. [PMID: 37517437 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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This article follows an unorthodox approach to the individuation of quantum particles of the same type. According to this approach, individuation of the components of a composite system of identical particles is done not with the help of unphysical labels (indices) but physically meaningful projection operators. This unorthodox conception requires a modification of the standard notion of entanglement, in order to exclude states whose non-factorizability arises merely from the (anti)symmetrization of a product state. I will report several facts regarding the connections of the modified concept of entanglement with the issue of discernibility. I will also discuss recent experiments involving measurement-induced entanglement, and I will point out that they do not threaten the cogency of the new concept of entanglement. The statistical correlations observed in these experiments are explainable not by the entanglement of the initial state but by the creation of a new, genuinely entangled state by means of a pre-measurement selection. Finally, I will identify and discuss a genuine difference between non-entangled but non-factorizable states of identical particles and ordinary product states, which is that the former but not the latter admits an infinity of alternative and incompatible individuations by single-particle properties. This phenomenon can be accounted for using the concept of emergent particles proposed by Dennis Dieks. This article is part of the theme issue 'Identity, individuality and indistinguishability in physics and mathematics'.
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- Tomasz Bigaj
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 3, 00-047 Warsaw, Poland
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Sgobba F, Andrisani A, Dello Russo S, Siciliani de Cumis M, Santamaria Amato L. Attosecond-Level Delay Sensing via Temporal Quantum Erasing. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:7758. [PMID: 37765818 PMCID: PMC10535312 DOI: 10.3390/s23187758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Traditional Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferometry, insensitive to photons phase mismatch, proved to be a rugged single-photon interferometric technique. By introducing a post-beam splitter polarization-dependent delay, it is possible to recover phase-sensitive fringes, obtaining a temporal quantum eraser that maintains the ruggedness of the original HOM with enhanced sensitivity. This setup shows promising applications in biological sensing and optical metrology, where high sensitivity requirements are coupled with the necessity to keep light intensity as low as possible to avoid power-induced degradation. In this paper, we developed a highly sensitive single photon birefringence-induced delay sensor operating in the telecom range (1550 nm). By using a temporal quantum eraser based on common path Hongr-Ou-Mandel Interferometry, we were able to achieve a sensitivity of 4 as for an integration time of 2·104 s.
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- Fabrizio Sgobba
- Italian Space Agency (ASI), Centro Spaziale 'Giuseppe Colombo', Località Terlecchia, 75100 Matera, Italy
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- Italian Space Agency (ASI), Centro Spaziale 'Giuseppe Colombo', Località Terlecchia, 75100 Matera, Italy
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- Italian Space Agency (ASI), Centro Spaziale 'Giuseppe Colombo', Località Terlecchia, 75100 Matera, Italy
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- Italian Space Agency (ASI), Centro Spaziale 'Giuseppe Colombo', Località Terlecchia, 75100 Matera, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, L.go E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy
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- Italian Space Agency (ASI), Centro Spaziale 'Giuseppe Colombo', Località Terlecchia, 75100 Matera, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Campi Flegrei N. 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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Ham BS. Coherently driven quantum features using a linear optics-based polarization-basis control. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12925. [PMID: 37558762 PMCID: PMC10412634 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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Quantum entanglement generation is generally known to be impossible by any classical means. According to Poisson statistics, coherent photons are not considered quantum particles due to the bunching phenomenon. Recently, a coherence approach has been applied for quantum correlations such as the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect, Franson-type nonlocal correlation, and delayed-choice quantum eraser to understand the mysterious quantum features. In the coherence approach, the quantum correlation has been now understood as a direct result of selective measurements between product bases of phase-coherent photons. Especially in the HOM interpretation, it has been understood that a fixed sum-phase relation between paired photons is the bedrock of quantum entanglement. Here, a coherently excited HOM model is proposed, analyzed, and discussed for the fundamental physics of two-photon correlation using linear optics-based polarization-basis control. For this, polarization-frequency correlation in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is coherently excited using synchronized acousto-optic modulators, where polarization-basis control is conducted via a selective measurement process of the heterodyne signals. Like quantum operator-based destructive interference in the HOM theory, a perfectly coherent analysis shows the same HOM effects of the paired coherent photons on a beam splitter, whereas individual output intensities are uniform.
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- Byoung S Ham
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Chumdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61005, South Korea.
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Ourari S, Dusanowski Ł, Horvath SP, Uysal MT, Phenicie CM, Stevenson P, Raha M, Chen S, Cava RJ, de Leon NP, Thompson JD. Indistinguishable telecom band photons from a single Er ion in the solid state. Nature 2023; 620:977-981. [PMID: 37648759 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06281-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Atomic defects in the solid state are a key component of quantum repeater networks for long-distance quantum communication1. Recently, there has been significant interest in rare earth ions2-4, in particular Er3+ for its telecom band optical transition5-7 that allows long-distance transmission in optical fibres. However, the development of repeater nodes based on rare earth ions has been hampered by optical spectral diffusion, precluding indistinguishable single-photon generation. Here, we implant Er3+ into CaWO4, a material that combines a non-polar site symmetry, low decoherence from nuclear spins8 and is free of background rare earth ions, to realize significantly reduced optical spectral diffusion. For shallow implanted ions coupled to nanophotonic cavities with large Purcell factor, we observe single-scan optical linewidths of 150 kHz and long-term spectral diffusion of 63 kHz, both close to the Purcell-enhanced radiative linewidth of 21 kHz. This enables the observation of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference9 between successively emitted photons with a visibility of V = 80(4)%, measured after a 36 km delay line. We also observe spin relaxation times T1,s = 3.7 s and T2,s > 200 μs, with the latter limited by paramagnetic impurities in the crystal instead of nuclear spins. This represents a notable step towards the construction of telecom band quantum repeater networks with single Er3+ ions.
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- Salim Ourari
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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Davidson O, Yogev O, Poem E, Firstenberg O. Single-Photon Synchronization with a Room-Temperature Atomic Quantum Memory. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:033601. [PMID: 37540860 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.033601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Efficient synchronization of single photons that are compatible with narrow band atomic transitions is an outstanding challenge, which could prove essential for photonic quantum information processing. Here we report on the synchronization of independently generated single photons using a room-temperature atomic quantum memory. The photon source and the memory are interconnected by fibers and employ the same ladder-level atomic scheme. We store and retrieve the heralded single photons with end-to-end efficiency of η_{e2e}=25% and final antibunching of g_{h}^{(2)}=0.023. Our synchronization process results in an over tenfold increase in the photon-pair coincidence rate, reaching a rate of more than 1000 detected synchronized photon pairs per second. The indistinguishability of the synchronized photons is verified by a Hong-Ou-Mandel interference measurement.
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- Omri Davidson
- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Xing WB, Hu XM, Guo Y, Liu BH, Li CF, Guo GC. Preparation of multiphoton high-dimensional GHZ states. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:24887-24896. [PMID: 37475305 DOI: 10.1364/oe.494850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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The physics associated with multipartite high-dimensional entanglement is different from that of multipartite two-dimensional entanglement. Therefore, preparing multipartite high-dimensional entanglements with linear optics is challenging. This study proposes a preparation protocol of multiphoton GHZ state with arbitrary dimensions for optical systems. Auxiliary entanglements realize a high-dimensional entanglement gate to connect the high-dimensional entangled pairs to a multipartite high-dimensional GHZ state. Specifically, we use the path degrees of freedom of photons to prepare a four-partite, three-dimensional GHZ state. Our method can be extended to other degrees of freedom to generate arbitrary GHZ entanglements in any dimension.
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Thekkadath G, England D, Bouchard F, Zhang Y, Kim M, Sussman B. Intensity interferometry for holography with quantum and classical light. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadh1439. [PMID: 37406121 PMCID: PMC10321744 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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As first demonstrated by Hanbury Brown and Twiss, it is possible to observe interference between independent light sources by measuring correlations in their intensities rather than their amplitudes. In this work, we apply this concept of intensity interferometry to holography. We combine a signal beam with a reference and measure their intensity cross-correlations using a time-tagging single-photon camera. These correlations reveal an interference pattern from which we reconstruct the signal wavefront in both intensity and phase. We demonstrate the principle with classical and quantum light, including a single photon. Since the signal and reference do not need to be phase-stable nor from the same light source, this technique can be used to generate holograms of self-luminous or remote objects using a local reference, thus opening the door to new holography applications.
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- Guillaume Thekkadath
- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Rd, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Rd, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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Babel S, Bollmers L, Massaro M, Hong Luo K, Stefszky M, Pegoraro F, Held P, Herrmann H, Eigner C, Brecht B, Padberg L, Silberhorn C. Demonstration of Hong-Ou-Mandel interference in an LNOI directional coupler. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:23140-23148. [PMID: 37475406 DOI: 10.1364/oe.484126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Interference between single photons is key for many quantum optics experiments and applications in quantum technologies, such as quantum communication or computation. It is advantageous to operate the systems at telecommunication wavelengths and to integrate the setups for these applications in order to improve stability, compactness and scalability. A new promising material platform for integrated quantum optics is lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI). Here, we realise Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference between telecom photons from an engineered parametric down-conversion source in an LNOI directional coupler. The coupler has been designed and fabricated in house and provides close to perfect balanced beam splitting. We obtain a raw HOM visibility of (93.5 ± 0.7) %, limited mainly by the source performance and in good agreement with off-chip measurements. This lays the foundation for more sophisticated quantum experiments in LNOI.
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Somhorst FHB, van der Meer R, Correa Anguita M, Schadow R, Snijders HJ, de Goede M, Kassenberg B, Venderbosch P, Taballione C, Epping JP, van den Vlekkert HH, Timmerhuis J, Bulmer JFF, Lugani J, Walmsley IA, Pinkse PWH, Eisert J, Walk N, Renema JJ. Quantum simulation of thermodynamics in an integrated quantum photonic processor. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3895. [PMID: 37393275 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38413-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023] Open
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One of the core questions of quantum physics is how to reconcile the unitary evolution of quantum states, which is information-preserving and time-reversible, with evolution following the second law of thermodynamics, which, in general, is neither. The resolution to this paradox is to recognize that global unitary evolution of a multi-partite quantum state causes the state of local subsystems to evolve towards maximum-entropy states. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate this effect in linear quantum optics by simultaneously showing the convergence of local quantum states to a generalized Gibbs ensemble constituting a maximum-entropy state under precisely controlled conditions, while introducing an efficient certification method to demonstrate that the state retains global purity. Our quantum states are manipulated by a programmable integrated quantum photonic processor, which simulates arbitrary non-interacting Hamiltonians, demonstrating the universality of this phenomenon. Our results show the potential of photonic devices for quantum simulations involving non-Gaussian states.
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- F H B Somhorst
- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P. O. box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P. O. box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P. O. box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P. O. box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Center for Sensors, Instrumentation and Cyber Physical System Engineering, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 110 016, India
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Rd., London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P. O. box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 14109, Berlin, Germany.
- Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, 10587, Berlin, Germany.
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- Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P. O. box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands.
- QuiX Quantum B.V., Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Ubbelohde N, Freise L, Pavlovska E, Silvestrov PG, Recher P, Kokainis M, Barinovs G, Hohls F, Weimann T, Pierz K, Kashcheyevs V. Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 18:733-740. [PMID: 37169898 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01370-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The nonlinear response of a beam splitter to the coincident arrival of interacting particles enables numerous applications in quantum engineering and metrology. Yet, it poses considerable challenges to control interactions on the individual particle level. Here, we probe the coincidence correlations at a mesoscopic constriction between individual ballistic electrons in a system with unscreened Coulomb interactions and introduce concepts to quantify the associated parametric nonlinearity. The full counting statistics of joint detection allows us to explore the interaction-mediated energy exchange. We observe an increase from 50% up to 70% in coincidence counts between statistically indistinguishable on-demand sources and a correlation signature consistent with the independent tomography of the electron emission. Analytical modelling and numerical simulations underpin the consistency of the experimental results with Coulomb interactions between two electrons counterpropagating in a quadratic saddle potential. Coulomb repulsion energy and beam splitter dispersion define a figure of merit, which in this experiment is demonstrated to be sufficiently large to enable future applications, such as single-shot in-flight detection and quantum logic gates.
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- Niels Ubbelohde
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Mathematische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
- Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
- Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Physics, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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Liu P, Song XB, Aili M, Chen XX, Zhang AN. Double-slit interference experimental platform based on a Sagnac interferometer. APPLIED OPTICS 2023; 62:4524-4529. [PMID: 37707146 DOI: 10.1364/ao.492342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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In this paper, we build a Young's double-slit experimental platform with adjustable multiparameters by inserting a single slit in a Sagnac interferometer. Our experiment proves that this platform can easily control the parameters related to double slits. In addition, a new, to the best of our knowledge, type of double-slit experiment is performed on the platform. Our approach provides a detailed conceptual and experimental analysis for wave-particle duality and will be useful for research on quantum optics.
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Qiao H, Dumur É, Andersson G, Yan H, Chou MH, Grebel J, Conner CR, Joshi YJ, Miller JM, Povey RG, Wu X, Cleland AN. Splitting phonons: Building a platform for linear mechanical quantum computing. Science 2023; 380:1030-1033. [PMID: 37289889 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg8715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Linear optical quantum computing provides a desirable approach to quantum computing, with only a short list of required computational elements. The similarity between photons and phonons points to the interesting potential for linear mechanical quantum computing using phonons in place of photons. Although single-phonon sources and detectors have been demonstrated, a phononic beam splitter element remains an outstanding requirement. Here we demonstrate such an element, using two superconducting qubits to fully characterize a beam splitter with single phonons. We further use the beam splitter to demonstrate two-phonon interference, a requirement for two-qubit gates in linear computing. This advances a new solid-state system for implementing linear quantum computing, further providing straightforward conversion between itinerant phonons and superconducting qubits.
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- H Qiao
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering and Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering and Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Gu B, Sun S, Chen F, Mukamel S. Photoelectron spectroscopy with entangled photons; enhanced spectrotemporal resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2300541120. [PMID: 37186860 PMCID: PMC10214152 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2300541120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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In this theoretical study, we show how photoelectron signals generated by time-energy entangled photon pairs can monitor ultrafast excited state dynamics of molecules with high joint spectral and temporal resolutions, not limited by the Fourier uncertainty of classical light. This technique scales linearly, rather than quadratically, with the pump intensity, allowing the study of fragile biological samples with low photon fluxes. Since the spectral resolution is achieved by electron detection and the temporal resolution by a variable phase delay, this technique does not require scanning the pump frequency and the entanglement times, which significantly simplifies the experimental setup, making it feasible with current instrumentation. Application is made to the photodissociation dynamics of pyrrole calculated by exact nonadiabatic wave packet simulations in a reduced two nuclear coordinate space. This study demonstrates the unique advantages of ultrafast quantum light spectroscopy.
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- Bing Gu
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang310024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA92697
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA92697
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA92697
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA92697
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA92697
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA92697
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Brange F, Flindt C. Interacting electrons collide at a beam splitter. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023:10.1038/s41565-023-01389-0. [PMID: 37169895 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01389-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Fredrik Brange
- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
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Fletcher JD, Park W, Ryu S, See P, Griffiths JP, Jones GAC, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Sim HS, Kataoka M. Time-resolved Coulomb collision of single electrons. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023:10.1038/s41565-023-01369-4. [PMID: 37169897 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01369-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A series of recent experiments have shown that collision of ballistic electrons in semiconductors can be used to probe the indistinguishability of single-electron wavepackets. Perhaps surprisingly, their Coulomb interaction has not been seen due to screening. Here we show Coulomb-dominated collision of high-energy single electrons in counter-propagating ballistic edge states, probed by measuring partition statistics while adjusting the collision timing. Although some experimental data suggest antibunching behaviour, we show that this is not due to quantum statistics but to strong repulsive Coulomb interactions. This prevents the wavepacket overlap needed for fermionic exchange statistics but suggests new ways to utilize Coulomb interactions: microscopically isolated and time-resolved interactions between ballistic electrons can enable the use of the Coulomb interaction for high-speed sensing or gate operations on flying electron qubits.
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
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- Instituto de Física Interdisciplinary Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
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- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK.
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Wang J, Edlbauer H, Richard A, Ota S, Park W, Shim J, Ludwig A, Wieck AD, Sim HS, Urdampilleta M, Meunier T, Kodera T, Kaneko NH, Sellier H, Waintal X, Takada S, Bäuerle C. Coulomb-mediated antibunching of an electron pair surfing on sound. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023:10.1038/s41565-023-01368-5. [PMID: 37169896 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01368-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Electron flying qubits are envisioned as potential information links within a quantum computer, but also promise-like photonic approaches-to serve as self-standing quantum processing units. In contrast to their photonic counterparts, electron-quantum-optics implementations are subject to Coulomb interactions, which provide a direct route to entangle the orbital or spin degree of freedom. However, controlled interaction of flying electrons at the single-particle level has not yet been established experimentally. Here we report antibunching of a pair of single electrons that is synchronously shuttled through a circuit of coupled quantum rails by means of a surface acoustic wave. The in-flight partitioning process exhibits a reciprocal gating effect which allows us to ascribe the observed repulsion predominantly to Coulomb interaction. Our single-shot experiment marks an important milestone on the route to realize a controlled-phase gate for in-flight quantum manipulations.
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- Junliang Wang
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
- Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Center for NanoScience, and Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INAC-Pheliqs, Grenoble, France
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Tsukuba, Japan
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Shen S, Yuan C, Zhang Z, Yu H, Zhang R, Yang C, Li H, Wang Z, Wang Y, Deng G, Song H, You L, Fan Y, Guo G, Zhou Q. Hertz-rate metropolitan quantum teleportation. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:115. [PMID: 37164962 PMCID: PMC10172182 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01158-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Quantum teleportation can transfer an unknown quantum state between distant quantum nodes, which holds great promise in enabling large-scale quantum networks. To advance the full potential of quantum teleportation, quantum states must be faithfully transferred at a high rate over long distance. Despite recent impressive advances, a high-rate quantum teleportation system across metropolitan fiber networks is extremely desired. Here, we demonstrate a quantum teleportation system which transfers quantum states carried by independent photons at a rate of 7.1 ± 0.4 Hz over 64-km-long fiber channel. An average single-photon fidelity of ≥90.6 ± 2.6% is achieved, which exceeds the maximum fidelity of 2/3 in classical regime. Our result marks an important milestone towards quantum networks and opens the door to exploring quantum entanglement based informatic applications for the future quantum internet.
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- Si Shen
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
- Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
- Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China.
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
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Jonckheere T, Rech J, Grémaud B, Martin T. Anyonic Statistics Revealed by the Hong-Ou-Mandel Dip for Fractional Excitations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:186203. [PMID: 37204883 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.186203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) is known to host anyons, quasiparticles whose statistics is intermediate between bosonic and fermionic. We show here that Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferences between excitations created by narrow voltage pulses on the edge states of a FQHE system at low temperature show a direct signature of anyonic statistics. The width of the HOM dip is universally fixed by the thermal time scale, independently of the intrinsic width of the excited fractional wave packets. This universal width can be related to the anyonic braiding of the incoming excitations with thermal fluctuations created at the quantum point contact. We show that this effect could be realistically observed with periodic trains of narrow voltage pulses using current experimental techniques.
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- T Jonckheere
- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France
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Lee JYM, Hong C, Alkalay T, Schiller N, Umansky V, Heiblum M, Oreg Y, Sim HS. Partitioning of diluted anyons reveals their braiding statistics. Nature 2023; 617:277-281. [PMID: 37100910 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05883-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Correlations of partitioned particles carry essential information about their quantumness1. Partitioning full beams of charged particles leads to current fluctuations, with their autocorrelation (namely, shot noise) revealing the particles' charge2,3. This is not the case when a highly diluted beam is partitioned. Bosons or fermions will exhibit particle antibunching (owing to their sparsity and discreteness)4-6. However, when diluted anyons, such as quasiparticles in fractional quantum Hall states, are partitioned in a narrow constriction, their autocorrelation reveals an essential aspect of their quantum exchange statistics: their braiding phase7. Here we describe detailed measurements of weakly partitioned, highly diluted, one-dimension-like edge modes of the one-third filling fractional quantum Hall state. The measured autocorrelation agrees with our theory of braiding anyons in the time domain (instead of braiding in space); with a braiding phase of 2θ = 2π/3, without any fitting parameters. Our work offers a relatively straightforward and simple method to observe the braiding statistics of exotic anyonic states, such as non-abelian states8, without resorting to complex interference experiments9.
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- June-Young M Lee
- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Braun Center for Submicron Research, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Braun Center for Submicron Research, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Braun Center for Submicron Research, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Braun Center for Submicron Research, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea.
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Koroleva Kikot IP, Kosevich YA. Effects of nonlinearity and a new nonlinear resonance in two-path phonon transmittance in lattices with two-dimensional arrays of atomic defects. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:054217. [PMID: 37328990 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.054217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The paper is devoted to analytical and numerical studies of the effects of nonlinearity on the two-path phonon interference in the transmission through two-dimensional arrays of atomic defects embedded in a lattice. The emergence of transmission antiresonance (transmission node) in the two-path system is demonstrated for the few-particle nanostructures, which allow us to model both linear and nonlinear phonon transmission antiresonances. The universality of destructive-interference origin of transmission antiresonances of waves of different nature, such as phonons, photons, and electrons, in two-path nanostructures and metamaterials is emphasized. Generation of the higher harmonics as a result of the interaction of lattice waves with nonlinear two-path atomic defects is considered, and the full system of nonlinear algebraic equations is obtained to describe the transmission through nonlinear two-path atomic defects with an account for the generation of second and third harmonics. Expressions for the coefficients of lattice energy transmission through and reflection from the embedded nonlinear atomic systems are derived. It is shown that the quartic interatomic nonlinearity shifts the antiresonance frequency in the direction determined by the sign of the nonlinear coefficient and enhances in general the transmission of high-frequency phonons due to third harmonic generation and propagation. The effects of the quartic nonlinearity on phonon transmission are described for the two-path atomic defects with a different topology. Transmission through the nonlinear two-path atomic defects is also modeled with the simulation of the phonon wave packet, for which the proper amplitude normalization is proposed and implemented. It is shown that the cubic interatomic nonlinearity red shifts in general the antiresonance frequency for longitudinal phonons independently of the sign of the nonlinear coefficient, and the equilibrium interatomic distances (bond lengths) in the atomic defects are changed by the incident phonon due to cubic interatomic nonlinearity. For longitudinal phonons incident on a system with the cubic nonlinearity, the new narrow transmission resonance on the background of a broad antiresonance is predicted to emerge, which we relate to the opening of the additional transmission channel for the phonon second harmonic through the nonlinear defect atoms. Conditions of the existence of the new nonlinear transmission resonance are determined and demonstrated for different two-path nonlinear atomic defects. A two-dimensional array of embedded three-path defects with an additional weak transmission channel, in which a linear analog of the nonlinear narrow transmission resonance on the background of a broad antiresonance is realized, is proposed and modeled. The presented results provide better understanding and detailed description of the interplay between the interference and nonlinearity in phonon propagation through and scattering in two-dimensional arrays of two-path anharmonic atomic defects with a different topology.
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- I P Koroleva Kikot
- N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Kosygin Street, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- National Research University Higher School of Economics, 34 Tallinskaya Str., Moscow 101000, Russian Federation
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- N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Kosygin Street, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
- Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 36 Stremyanny per., Moscow 117997, Russian Federation
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Huang Z, Chen C, Hong L, Chen Y, Chen L. Ultrasensitive tilt angle measurement using a photonic frequency inclinometer. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:14149-14158. [PMID: 37157285 DOI: 10.1364/oe.482578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Quantum metrology promises a great enhancement in measurement precision that beyond the possibilities of classical physics. We demonstrate a Hong-Ou-Mandel sensor that acts as a photonic frequency inclinometer for ultrasensitive tilt angle measurement within a wide range of tasks, ranging from the determination of mechanical tilt angles, the tracking of rotation/tilt dynamics of light-sensitive biological and chemical materials, or in enhancing the performance of optical gyroscope. The estimation theory shows that both a wider single-photon frequency bandwidth and a larger difference frequency of color-entangled states can increase its achievable resolution and sensitivity. Building on the Fisher information analysis, the photonic frequency inclinometer can adaptively determine the optimum sensing point even in the presence of experimental nonidealities.
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Gupta S, Wu W, Huang S, Yakobson BI. Single-Photon Emission from Two-Dimensional Materials, to a Brighter Future. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:3274-3284. [PMID: 36977324 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Single photons, often called flying qubits, have enormous promise to realize scalable quantum technologies ranging from an unhackable communication network to quantum computers. However, finding an ideal single-photon emitter (SPE) is a great challenge. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) materials have shown great potential as hosts for SPEs that are bright and operate under ambient conditions. This Perspective enumerates the metrics required for an SPE source and highlights that 2D materials, because of reduced dimensionality, exhibit interesting physical effects and satisfy several metrics, making them excellent candidates to host SPEs. The performance of SPE candidates discovered in 2D materials, hexagonal boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides, will be assessed based on the metrics, and the remaining challenges will be highlighted. Lastly, strategies to mitigate such challenges by developing design rules to deterministically create SPE sources will be presented.
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- Sunny Gupta
- Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Smalley-Curl Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Lindel F, Carnio EG, Buhmann SY, Buchleitner A. Quantized Fields for Optimal Control in the Strong Coupling Regime. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:133601. [PMID: 37067298 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.133601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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We tailor the quantum statistics of a bosonic field to deterministically drive a quantum system into a target state. Experimentally accessible states of the field achieve good control of multilevel or multiqubit systems, notably also at coupling strengths beyond the rotating-wave approximation. This extends optimal control theory to the realm of fully quantized, strongly coupled control and target degrees of freedom.
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- Frieder Lindel
- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Triana-Arango F, Ramos-Ortiz G, Ramírez-Alarcón R. Spectral Considerations of Entangled Two-Photon Absorption Effects in Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference Experiments. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:2608-2617. [PMID: 36913489 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Recently, different experimental methods intended to detect the entangled two-photon absorption (ETPA) phenomenon in a variety of materials have been reported. The present work explores a different approach in which the ETPA process is studied based on the changes induced in the visibility of a Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferogram. By using an organic solution of Rhodamine B as a model of nonlinear material interacting with entangled photons at ∼800 nm region produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) Type-II, the conditions that make possible to detect changes in the visibility of a HOM interferogram upon ETPA are investigated. We support the discussion of our results by presenting a model in which the sample is considered as a spectral filtering function which fulfills the energy conservation conditions required by ETPA, allowing us to explain the experimental observations with good agreement. We believe that this work represents a new perspective to studying the ETPA interaction, by using an ultrasensitive quantum interference technique and a detailed mathematical model of the process.
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica AC, Apartado Postal 37150, León, Gto, México
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Qian K, Wang K, Chen L, Hou Z, Krenn M, Zhu S, Ma XS. Multiphoton non-local quantum interference controlled by an undetected photon. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1480. [PMID: 36932077 PMCID: PMC10023773 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37228-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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The interference of quanta lies at the heart of quantum physics. The multipartite generalization of single-quanta interference creates entanglement, the coherent superposition of states shared by several quanta. Entanglement allows non-local correlations between many quanta and hence is a key resource for quantum information technology. Entanglement is typically considered to be essential for creating non-local quantum interference. Here, we show that this is not the case and demonstrate multiphoton non-local quantum interference that does not require entanglement of any intrinsic properties of the photons. We harness the superposition of the physical origin of a four-photon product state, which leads to constructive and destructive interference with the photons' mere existence. With the intrinsic indistinguishability in the generation process of photons, we realize four-photon frustrated quantum interference. This allows us to observe the following noteworthy difference to quantum entanglement: We control the non-local multipartite quantum interference with a photon that we never detect, which does not require quantum entanglement. These non-local properties pave the way for the studies of foundations of quantum physics and potential applications in quantum technologies.
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- Kaiyi Qian
- National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), Erlangen, Germany.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China. .,Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China. .,Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, 230088, China.
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Brunner E, Pausch L, Carnio EG, Dufour G, Rodríguez A, Buchleitner A. Many-Body Interference at the Onset of Chaos. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:080401. [PMID: 36898099 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.080401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We unveil the signature of many-body interference across dynamical regimes of the Bose-Hubbard model. Increasing the particles' indistinguishability enhances the temporal fluctuations of few-body observables, with a dramatic amplification at the onset of quantum chaos. By resolving the exchange symmetries of partially distinguishable particles, we explain this amplification as the fingerprint of the initial state's coherences in the eigenbasis.
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- Eric Brunner
- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Departamento de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Salamanca, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- EUCOR Centre for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Xu A, Duan L, Wang L, Zhang Y. Characterization of two-photon interference between a weak coherent state and a heralded single photon state. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:5662-5669. [PMID: 36823840 DOI: 10.1364/oe.479535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We experimentally investigate two-photon interference between a weak coherent state and a heralded single-photon state, producing from a spontaneous parametric down conversion. Both the unequal spectrum linewidth and average photon number ratio in a given time interval are considered in our model. We obtained excellent agreement between our experimental data and prediction from our model. Furthermore, the range of observing high visibility two-photon interference is significantly extended by isolating coincidence events from two-photon contributions in the weak coherent state. These results may throw some new light on quantum information technology when the two-photon interference with independent sources is required.
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Cogan D, Su ZE, Kenneth O, Gershoni D. Deterministic generation of indistinguishable photons in a cluster state. NATURE PHOTONICS 2023; 17:324-329. [PMID: 37064524 PMCID: PMC10091623 DOI: 10.1038/s41566-022-01152-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Entanglement between particles is a basic concept of quantum sciences. The ability to produce entangled particles in a controllable manner is essential for any quantum technology. Entanglement between light particles (photons) is particularly crucial for quantum communication due to light's non-interactive nature and long-lasting coherence. Resources producing entangled multiphoton cluster states will enable communication between remote quantum nodes, as the inbuilt redundancy of cluster photons allows for repeated local measurements-compensating for losses and probabilistic Bell measurements. For feasible applications, the cluster generation should be fast, deterministic and, most importantly, its photons indistinguishable, which will allow measurements and fusion of clusters by interfering photons. Here, using periodic excitation of a semiconductor quantum-dot-confined spin, we demonstrate a multi-indistinguishable photon cluster, featuring a continuously generated string of photons at deterministic gigahertz generation rates, and an optimized entanglement length of about ten photons. The indistinguishability of the photons opens up new possibilities for scaling up the cluster's dimensionality by fusion, thus building graph states suited for measurement-based photonic quantum computers and all-photonic quantum repeaters.
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- Dan Cogan
- The Physics Department and the Solid State Institute, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- The Physics Department and the Solid State Institute, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- The Physics Department and the Solid State Institute, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- The Physics Department and the Solid State Institute, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Krutyanskiy V, Galli M, Krcmarsky V, Baier S, Fioretto DA, Pu Y, Mazloom A, Sekatski P, Canteri M, Teller M, Schupp J, Bate J, Meraner M, Sangouard N, Lanyon BP, Northup TE. Entanglement of Trapped-Ion Qubits Separated by 230 Meters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:050803. [PMID: 36800448 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.050803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We report on an elementary quantum network of two atomic ions separated by 230 m. The ions are trapped in different buildings and connected with 520(2) m of optical fiber. At each network node, the electronic state of an ion is entangled with the polarization state of a single cavity photon; subsequent to interference of the photons at a beam splitter, photon detection heralds entanglement between the two ions. Fidelities of up to (88.0+2.2-4.7)% are achieved with respect to a maximally entangled Bell state, with a success probability of 4×10^{-5}. We analyze the routes to improve these metrics, paving the way for long-distance networks of entangled quantum processors.
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- V Krutyanskiy
- Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physics, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut de Physique Théorique, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Arya G, Sharma P, Kanseri B. Hong-Ou-Mandel interference of longitudinal spatially coherent beams. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2023; 40:270-276. [PMID: 36821196 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.478412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference of two light beams having different longitudinal spatial coherence properties is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The normalized second-order correlation function (g (2)) is determined for the interfering photons from two sources of different angular widths using Feynman's path integral theory. We find that the difference in angular width of the sources has an explicit impact on the HOM interference pattern, which can be quantified through the visibility and full width at half maxima of the HOM dip. The effect of distinguishability of the interfering longitudinally spatially coherent beams on the HOM dip is verified experimentally and is analogous to non-classical HOM interference. The magnitude of the angular width of beams manifested through the difference in angular width has a significant impact. Along with the difference of two sources, this HOM scheme is sensitive to the angular spectrum width of each source. The enhanced sensitivity can be useful in the remote sensing of objects and beams in metrological applications. This work can play a significant role in fundamental and applied physics.
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Kim S, Ham BS. Revisiting self-interference in Young's double-slit experiments. Sci Rep 2023; 13:977. [PMID: 36653439 PMCID: PMC9849424 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28264-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Quantum superposition is the heart of quantum mechanics as mentioned by Dirac and Feynman. In an interferometric system, single photon self-interference has been intensively studied over the last several decades in both quantum and classical regimes. In Born rule tests, the Sorkin parameter indicates the maximum number of possible quantum superposition allowed to the input photons entering an interferometer, where multi-photon interference fringe is equivalent to that of a classical version by a laser. Here, an attenuated laser light in a quantum regime is investigated for self-interference in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, and the results are compared with its classical version. The equivalent result supports the Born rule tests, where the classical interference originates in the superposition of individual single-photon self-interferences. This understanding sheds light on the fundamental physics of quantum features between bipartite systems.
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- Sangbae Kim
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Chumdangwagi-Ro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61005, South Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Chumdangwagi-Ro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61005, South Korea.
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Liu ZF, Chen C, Xu JM, Cheng ZM, Ren ZC, Dong BW, Lou YC, Yang YX, Xue ST, Liu ZH, Zhu WZ, Wang XL, Wang HT. Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference between Two Hyperentangled Photons Enables Observation of Symmetric and Antisymmetric Particle Exchange Phases. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:263602. [PMID: 36608177 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.263602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Two-photon Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is a fundamental quantum effect with no classical counterpart. The existing research on two-photon interference was mainly limited in one degree of freedom (DOF); hence, it is still a challenge to realize quantum interference in multiple DOFs. Here, we demonstrate HOM interference between two hyperentangled photons in two DOFs of polarization and orbital angular momentum (OAM) for all 16 hyperentangled Bell states. We observe hyperentangled two-photon interference with a bunching effect for ten symmetric states (nine boson-boson states and one fermion-fermion state) and an antibunching effect for six antisymmetric states (three boson-fermion states and three fermion-boson states). More interestingly, expanding the Hilbert space by introducing an extra DOF for two photons enables one to transfer the unmeasurable external phase in the initial DOF to a measurable internal phase in the expanded two DOFs. We directly measured the symmetric exchange phases being 0.012±0.002, 0.025±0.002, and 0.027±0.002 in radian for the three boson states in OAM and the antisymmetric exchange phase being 0.991π±0.002 in radian for the other fermion state, as theoretical predictions. Our Letter may not only pave the way for more wide applications of quantum interference, but also develop new technologies by expanding Hilbert space in more DOFs.
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- Zhi-Feng Liu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Liu X, Li T, Wang J, Kamble MR, Zheltikov AM, Agarwal GS. Probing ultra-fast dephasing via entangled photon pairs. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:47463-47474. [PMID: 36558674 DOI: 10.1364/oe.480300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We demonstrate how the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference with polarization-entangled photons can be used to probe ultrafast dephasing. We can infer the optical properties like the real and imaginary parts of the complex susceptibility of the medium from changes in the position and the shape of the HOM dip. From the shift of the HOM dip, we are able to measure 22 fs dephasing time using a continuous-wave (CW) laser even with optical loss > 97 %, while the HOM dip visibility is maintained at 92.3 % (which can be as high as 96.7 %). The experimental observations, which are explained in terms of a rigorous theoretical model, demonstrate the utility of HOM interference in probing ultrafast dephasing.
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Morland I, Zhu F, Dalgarno P, Leach J. Rapid nanometer-precision autocorrelator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:46020-46030. [PMID: 36558566 DOI: 10.1364/oe.473540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The precise measurement of a target depth has applications in biophysics and nanophysics, and non-linear optical methods are sensitive to intensity changes on very small length scales. By exploiting the high sensitivity of an autocorrelator's dependency on path length, we propose a technique that achieves ≈30 nm depth precision for each pixel in 30 seconds. Our method images up-converted pulses from a non-linear crystal using a sCMOS (scientific Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) camera and converts the intensity recorded by each pixel to a delay. By utilising statistical estimation theory and using the data from a set of 32×32 pixels, the standard error (SE) of the detected delay falls below 1 nm after 30 seconds of measurement. Numerical simulations show that this result is extremely close to what can be achieved with a shot-noise-limited source and is consistent with the precision that can be achieved with a sCMOS camera.
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Ikuta R. Wave-particle duality of light appearing in an intensity interferometric scenario. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:46972-46981. [PMID: 36558635 DOI: 10.1364/oe.474766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A single photon exhibits wave-particle duality in the Young's double-slit interferometer. The duality characterized by an interference visibility and a which-path information has trade-off relation known as complementarity. These quantities are related to the first-order coherence, and the interference is based on the phase correlation between lights coming from two arms. However according to quantum optics theory, such a simple wave-particle picture is not enough to understand the nature because the theory showed an importance of higher-order coherence in the sense of both interference and statistical distribution of photons. Second-order intensity correlation is especially crucial to reveal distinctive quantum features of photons with no classical analogue. Here, in an intensity interferometric scenario as represented by the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer, we discuss a wave-particle duality of light based on a which-path information and a quantity characterizing a magnitude of the intensity interferometric effect. We show, for classical light, the two quantities obey the complementary principle similar to the case of the double-slit experiment, but do not for nonclassical light. The nonclassical light such as photons at two arms is allowed to show larger which-path information and intensity interference simultaneously beyond the complementary relation. Moreover, the violation reveals a new nonclassical nature of light although both of the above two quantities seem to be understandable classically, which is never found from a consideration of only one side of wave-particle duality.
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Xiang X, Quan R, Liu Y, Shi B, Hong H, Jin Y, Liu T, Dong R, Zhang S. Widely flexible and finely adjustable nonlocal dispersion cancellation with wavelength tuning. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:44487-44495. [PMID: 36522872 DOI: 10.1364/oe.474099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In fiber-based quantum information processing with energy-time entangled photon pairs, optimized dispersion compensation is vital to preserve the strong temporal correlation of the photon pairs. We propose and experimentally verify that, by simply tuning the wavelength of the entangled photon pairs, nonlocal dispersion cancellation (NDC) can provide a widely flexible and finely adjustable solution for optimizing the dispersion compensation, which cannot be reached with the traditional local dispersion cancellation (LDC) instead. By way of example, when a 50 km-long single-mode fiber (SMF) is dispersion compensated by a 6.2-km-long commercial dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) based on the LDC configuration, it will lead to an almost invariant over-compensation in the wavelength range of 1500-1600 nm which restricts the observed temporal coincidence width of the self-developed energy-time entangled photon-pairs source to a minimum of ∼110 ps. While in the NDC configuration, the dispersion compensation can be readily optimized by tuning the signal wavelength to 1565.7 nm and a minimum coincidence width of 86.1 ± 0.7 ps is observed, which is mainly limited by the jitter of the single-photon detection system. Furthermore, such optimized dispersion compensation can also be achieved as the fiber length varies from 48 km to 60 km demonstrating the wide flexibility of NDC. Thanks to these capabilities, elaborate dispersion compensation modules are no longer required, which makes NDC a more versatile tool in fiber-based quantum information and metrology applications.
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Nosik VL. Quantum Optics of Mössbauer Radiation. CRYSTALLOGR REP+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1063774522060190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Marshall J. Distillation of Indistinguishable Photons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:213601. [PMID: 36461973 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.213601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A reliable source of identical (indistinguishable) photons is a prerequisite for exploiting interference effects, which is a necessary component for linear optical based quantum computing, and applications thereof such as Boson sampling. Generally speaking, the degree of distinguishability will determine the efficacy of the particular approach, for example by limiting the fidelity of constructed resource states, or reducing the complexity of an optical circuits output distribution. It is therefore of great practical relevance to engineer heralded sources of highly pure and indistinguishable photons. Inspired by magic state distillation, we present a protocol using standard linear optics which can be used to increase the indistinguishability of a photon source, to arbitrary accuracy. In particular, in the asymptotic limit of small error ε, to reduce the error to ε^{'}<ε requires O((ε/ε^{'})^{2}) photons. We demonstrate the scheme is robust to detection and control errors in the optical components, and discuss the effect of other error sources.
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- Jeffrey Marshall
- QuAIL, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, USA and USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science, Mountain View, California 94043, USA
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Makarov D, Makarova K, Tsykareva Y, Kapustin S, Kharlamova A, Gusarevich E, Goshev A. Nanoscale Waveguide Beam Splitter in Quantum Technologies. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:4030. [PMID: 36432315 PMCID: PMC9699392 DOI: 10.3390/nano12224030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Usually in quantum optics, the theory of large- and small-scale waveguide beam splitters is the same. In this paper, it is shown that the theory of the nanoscale waveguide beamsplitter has a significant difference from a similar device, but of a larger scale. It is shown that the previously known theory of the waveguide beam splitter is a particular case of the theory presented here. The wave function at the output ports of the nanoscale beam splitter is analyzed. The results obtained are sensitive to the size of the beam splitter, the coupling parameter of the two waveguides, and the degree of nonmonochromaticity of the photons entering the first and second ports of the beam splitter. The results are important for quantum technologies using a nanosized beam splitter.
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Zurek WH. Quantum Theory of the Classical: Einselection, Envariance, Quantum Darwinism and Extantons. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 24:1520. [PMID: 36359613 PMCID: PMC9689795 DOI: 10.3390/e24111520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Core quantum postulates including the superposition principle and the unitarity of evolutions are natural and strikingly simple. I show that-when supplemented with a limited version of predictability (captured in the textbook accounts by the repeatability postulate)-these core postulates can account for all the symptoms of classicality. In particular, both objective classical reality and elusive information about reality arise, via quantum Darwinism, from the quantum substrate. This approach shares with the Relative State Interpretation of Everett the view that collapse of the wavepacket reflects perception of the state of the rest of the Universe relative to the state of observer's records. However, our "let quantum be quantum" approach poses questions absent in Bohr's Copenhagen Interpretation that relied on the preexisting classical domain. Thus, one is now forced to seek preferred, predictable, hence effectively classical but ultimately quantum states that allow observers keep reliable records. Without such (i) preferred basis relative states are simply "too relative", and the ensuing basis ambiguity makes it difficult to identify events (e.g., measurement outcomes). Moreover, universal validity of quantum theory raises the issue of (ii) the origin of Born's rule, pk=|ψk|2, relating probabilities and amplitudes (that is simply postulated in textbooks). Last not least, even preferred pointer states (defined by einselection-environment-induced superselection)-are still quantum. Therefore, unlike classical states that exist objectively, quantum states of an individual system cannot be found out by an initially ignorant observer through direct measurement without being disrupted. So, to complete the 'quantum theory of the classical' one must identify (iii) quantum origin of objective existence and explain how the information about objectively existing states can appear to be essentially inconsequential for them (as it does for states in Newtonian physics) and yet matter in other settings (e.g., thermodynamics). I show how the mathematical structure of quantum theory supplemented by the only uncontroversial measurement postulate (that demands immediate repeatability-hence, predictability) leads to preferred states. These (i) pointer states correspond to measurement outcomes. Their stability is a prerequisite for objective existence of effectively classical states and for events such as quantum jumps. Events at hand, one can now enquire about their probability-the probability of a pointer state (or of a measurement record). I show that the symmetry of entangled states-(ii) entanglement-assisted invariance or envariance-implies Born's rule. Envariance also accounts for the loss of phase coherence between pointer states. Thus, decoherence can be traced to symmetries of entanglement and understood without its usual tool-reduced density matrices. A simple and manifestly noncircular derivation of pk=|ψk|2 follows. Monitoring of the system by its environment in course of decoherence typically leaves behind multiple copies of its pointer states in the environment. Only pointer states can survive decoherence and can spawn such plentiful information-theoretic progeny. This (iii) quantum Darwinism allows observers to use environment as a witness-to find out pointer states indirectly, leaving systems of interest untouched. Quantum Darwinism shows how epistemic and ontic (coexisting in epiontic quantum state) separate into robust objective existence of pointer states and detached information about them, giving rise to extantons-composite objects with system of interest in the core and multiple records of its pointer states in the halo comprising of environment subsystems (e.g., photons) which disseminates that information throughout the Universe.
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Arjona Martínez J, Parker RA, Chen KC, Purser CM, Li L, Michaels CP, Stramma AM, Debroux R, Harris IB, Hayhurst Appel M, Nichols EC, Trusheim ME, Gangloff DA, Englund D, Atatüre M. Photonic Indistinguishability of the Tin-Vacancy Center in Nanostructured Diamond. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:173603. [PMID: 36332262 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.173603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Tin-vacancy centers in diamond are promising spin-photon interfaces owing to their high quantum efficiency, large Debye-Waller factor, and compatibility with photonic nanostructuring. Benchmarking their single-photon indistinguishability is a key challenge for future applications. Here, we report the generation of single photons with 99.7_{-2.5}^{+0.3}% purity and 63(9)% indistinguishability from a resonantly excited tin-vacancy center in a single-mode waveguide. We obtain quantum control of the optical transition with 1.71(1)-ns-long π pulses of 77.1(8)% fidelity and show it is spectrally stable over 100 ms. A modest Purcell enhancement factor of 12 would enhance the indistinguishability to 95%.
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- Jesús Arjona Martínez
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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Zhou J. Analytical formulation of quantum interference inside coupled waveguides with unequal losses. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:38357-38370. [PMID: 36258403 DOI: 10.1364/oe.470006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this paper, a theoretical framework is proposed to formulate the quantum interference inside the coupled waveguides with unequal losses. The quantum coupled mode equation is added with the Langevin noise terms to account for the impact of unequal losses, which can be solved analytically. A close form formula is derived for the correlation matrix of the Langevin noise terms, which provides full information for the density matrix of the propagation state. The theory is self-consistent and tested with a three-waveguide system, which is considered as anti-parity-time (PT) symmetric and simulated in the previous publications. An 89-waveguide system is analyzed afterwards to further demonstrate the applicability of the theory.
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