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Fan JJ, Ou ZY, Zhang Z. Entangled photons enabled ultrafast stimulated Raman spectroscopy for molecular dynamics. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2024; 13:163. [PMID: 39004616 PMCID: PMC11247098 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01492-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Quantum entanglement has emerged as a great resource for studying the interactions between molecules and radiation. We propose a new scheme of stimulated Raman scattering with entangled photons. A quantum ultrafast Raman spectroscopy is developed for condensed-phase molecules, to monitor the exciton populations and coherences. Analytic results are obtained, showing an entanglement-enabled time-frequency scale not attainable by classical light. The Raman signal presents an unprecedented selectivity of molecular correlation functions, as a result of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. Our work suggests a new paradigm of using an unconventional interferometer as part of spectroscopy, with the potential to unveil advanced information about complex materials.
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- Jiahao Joel Fan
- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Ramesh VG, Peters KJH, Rodriguez SRK. Arcsine Laws of Light. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:133801. [PMID: 38613295 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.133801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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We demonstrate that the time-integrated light intensity transmitted by a coherently driven resonator obeys Lévy's arcsine laws-a cornerstone of extreme value statistics. We show that convergence to the arcsine distribution is algebraic, universal, and independent of nonequilibrium behavior due to nonconservative forces or nonadiabatic driving. We furthermore verify, numerically, that the arcsine laws hold in the presence of frequency noise and in Kerr-nonlinear resonators supporting non-Gaussian states. The arcsine laws imply a weak ergodicity breaking which can be leveraged to enhance the precision of resonant optical sensors with zero energy cost, as shown in our companion manuscript [V. G. Ramesh et al., companion paper, Phys. Rev. Res. (2024).PPRHAI2643-1564]. Finally, we discuss perspectives for probing the possible breakdown of the arcsine laws in systems with memory.
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- V G Ramesh
- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Zhou B, Qi Z, Dai M, Xing C, Yan D. Ultralow-loss Optical Waveguides through Balancing Deep-Blue TADF and Orange Room Temperature Phosphorescence in Hybrid Antimony Halide Microstructures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309913. [PMID: 37574452 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Harnessing the potential of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) is crucial for developing light-emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers, sensors, and many others. However, effective strategies in this domain are still relatively scarce. This study presents a new approach to achieving highly efficient deep-blue TADF (with a PLQY of 25 %) and low-energy orange RTP (with a PLQY of 90 %) through the fabrication of lead-free hybrid halides. This new class of monomeric and dimeric 0D antimony halides can be facilely synthesized using a bottom-up solution process, requiring only a few seconds to minutes, which offer exceptional stability and nontoxicity. By leveraging the highly adaptable molecular arrangement and crystal packing modes, the hybrid antimony halides demonstrate the ability to self-assemble into regular 1D microrod and 2D microplate morphologies. This self-assembly is facilitated by multiple non-covalent interactions between the inorganic cores and organic shells. Notably, these microstructures exhibit outstanding polarized luminescence and function as low-dimensional optical waveguides with remarkably low optical-loss coefficients. Therefore, this work not only presents a pioneering demonstration of deep-blue TADF in hybrid antimony halides, but also introduces 1D and 2D micro/nanostructures that hold promising potential for applications in white LEDs and low-dimensional photonic systems.
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- Bo Zhou
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China
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Stammer P, Rivera-Dean J, Lamprou T, Pisanty E, Ciappina MF, Tzallas P, Lewenstein M. High Photon Number Entangled States and Coherent State Superposition from the Extreme Ultraviolet to the Far Infrared. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:123603. [PMID: 35394324 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.123603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We present a theoretical demonstration on the generation of entangled coherent states and of coherent state superpositions, with photon numbers and frequencies orders of magnitude higher than those provided by the current technology. This is achieved by utilizing a quantum mechanical multimode description of the single- and two-color intense laser field driven process of high harmonic generation in atoms. It is found that all field modes involved in the high harmonic generation process are entangled, and upon performing a quantum operation, lead to the generation of high photon number optical cat states spanning from the far infrared to the extreme ultraviolet spectral region. This provides direct insights into the quantum mechanical properties of the optical field in the intense laser matter interaction. Finally, these states can be considered as a new resource for fundamental tests of quantum theory, quantum information processing, or sensing with nonclassical states of light.
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- Philipp Stammer
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max Born Strasse 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, GR-70013 Heraklion (Crete), Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, GR-70013 Heraklion (Crete), Greece
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max Born Strasse 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Physics, King's College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS London, United Kingdom
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- Physics Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, GR-70013 Heraklion (Crete), Greece
- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Pilehvar E, Amooghorban E, Moravvej-Farshi MK. Oblique propagation of the squeezed states of s(p)-polarized light through non-Hermitian multilayered structures. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:3553-3565. [PMID: 35209610 DOI: 10.1364/oe.448229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Employing a second-quantization of the electromagnetic field in the presence of media with both gain and loss, we investigate the propagation of the squeezed coherent state of light through a dispersive non-Hermitian multilayered structure, in particular at a discrete set of frequencies for which this structure is PT-symmetric. We detail and generalize this study to cover various angles of incidence and s- and p-polarizations to reveal how dispersion, gain/loss-induced noises in such multilayered structures affect nonclassical properties of the incident light, such as squeezing and sub-Poissonian statistics. Varying the loss layers' coefficient, we demonstrate a squeezed coherent state, when transmits through the structure whose gain and loss layers have unidentical bulk permittivities, retains its nonclassical features to some extent. Our results show by increasing the number of unit cells and incident angle, the quantum features of the transmitted state for both polarizations degrade.
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The recent progress in nanotechnology1,2 and single-molecule spectroscopy3-5 paves the way for emergent cost-effective organic quantum optical technologies with potential applications in useful devices operating at ambient conditions. We harness a π-conjugated ladder-type polymer strongly coupled to a microcavity forming hybrid light-matter states, so-called exciton-polaritons, to create exciton-polariton condensates with quantum fluid properties. Obeying Bose statistics, exciton-polaritons exhibit an extreme nonlinearity when undergoing bosonic stimulation6, which we have managed to trigger at the single-photon level, thereby providing an efficient way for all-optical ultrafast control over the macroscopic condensate wavefunction. Here, we utilize stable excitons dressed with high-energy molecular vibrations, allowing for single-photon nonlinear operation at ambient conditions. This opens new horizons for practical implementations like sub-picosecond switching, amplification and all-optical logic at the fundamental quantum limit.
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Fujihashi Y, Ishizaki A. Achieving two-dimensional optical spectroscopy with temporal and spectral resolution using quantum entangled three photons. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:044101. [PMID: 34340393 DOI: 10.1063/5.0056808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Recent advances in techniques for generating quantum light have stimulated research on novel spectroscopic measurements using quantum entangled photons. One such spectroscopy technique utilizes non-classical correlations among entangled photons to enable measurements with enhanced sensitivity and selectivity. Here, we investigate the spectroscopic measurement utilizing entangled three photons. In this measurement, time-resolved entangled photon spectroscopy with monochromatic pumping [A. Ishizaki, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 051102 (2020)] is integrated with the frequency-dispersed two-photon counting technique, which suppresses undesired accidental photon counts in the detector and thus allows one to separate the weak desired signal. This time-resolved frequency-dispersed two-photon counting signal, which is a function of two frequencies, is shown to provide the same information as that of coherent two-dimensional optical spectra. The spectral distribution of the phase-matching function works as a frequency filter to selectively resolve a specific region of the two-dimensional spectra, whereas the excited-state dynamics under investigation are temporally resolved in the time region longer than the entanglement time. The signal is not subject to Fourier limitations on the joint temporal and spectral resolution, and therefore, it is expected to be useful for investigating complex molecular systems in which multiple electronic states are present within a narrow energy range.
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- Yuta Fujihashi
- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Quantum-Optical Spectrometry in Relativistic Laser–Plasma Interactions Using the High-Harmonic Generation Process: A Proposal. PHOTONICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/photonics8060192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Quantum-optical spectrometry is a recently developed shot-to-shot photon correlation-based method, namely using a quantum spectrometer (QS), that has been used to reveal the quantum optical nature of intense laser–matter interactions and connect the research domains of quantum optics (QO) and strong laser-field physics (SLFP). The method provides the probability of absorbing photons from a driving laser field towards the generation of a strong laser–field interaction product, such as high-order harmonics. In this case, the harmonic spectrum is reflected in the photon number distribution of the infrared (IR) driving field after its interaction with the high harmonic generation medium. The method was implemented in non-relativistic interactions using high harmonics produced by the interaction of strong laser pulses with atoms and semiconductors. Very recently, it was used for the generation of non-classical light states in intense laser–atom interaction, building the basis for studies of quantum electrodynamics in strong laser-field physics and the development of a new class of non-classical light sources for applications in quantum technology. Here, after a brief introduction of the QS method, we will discuss how the QS can be applied in relativistic laser–plasma interactions and become the driving factor for initiating investigations on relativistic quantum electrodynamics.
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Ishizaki A. Probing excited-state dynamics with quantum entangled photons: Correspondence to coherent multidimensional spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:051102. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0015432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Akihito Ishizaki
- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan and School of Physical Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Guccione G, Darras T, Le Jeannic H, Verma VB, Nam SW, Cavaillès A, Laurat J. Connecting heterogeneous quantum networks by hybrid entanglement swapping. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaba4508. [PMID: 32937408 PMCID: PMC10662397 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba4508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Recent advances in quantum technologies are rapidly stimulating the building of quantum networks. With the parallel development of multiple physical platforms and different types of encodings, a challenge for present and future networks is to uphold a heterogeneous structure for full functionality and therefore support modular systems that are not necessarily compatible with one another. Central to this endeavor is the capability to distribute and interconnect optical entangled states relying on different discrete and continuous quantum variables. Here, we report an entanglement swapping protocol connecting such entangled states. We generate single-photon entanglement and hybrid entanglement between particle- and wave-like optical qubits and then demonstrate the heralded creation of hybrid entanglement at a distance by using a specific Bell-state measurement. This ability opens up the prospect of connecting heterogeneous nodes of a network, with the promise of increased integration and novel functionalities.
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- Giovanni Guccione
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-Universite PSL, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-Universite PSL, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-Universite PSL, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-Universite PSL, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-Universite PSL, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
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Gao S, Lazo-Arjona O, Brecht B, Kaczmarek KT, Thomas SE, Nunn J, Ledingham PM, Saunders DJ, Walmsley IA. Optimal Coherent Filtering for Single Noisy Photons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:213604. [PMID: 31809170 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.213604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We introduce a filter using a noise-free quantum buffer with large optical bandwidth that can both filter temporal-spectral modes as well as interconvert them and change their frequency. We theoretically show that such quantum buffers optimally filter out temporal-spectral noise, producing identical single photons from many distinguishable noisy single-photon sources with the minimum required reduction in brightness. We then experimentally demonstrate a noise-free quantum buffer in a warm atomic system that is well matched to quantum dots. Based on these experiments, simulations show that our buffer can outperform all intensity (incoherent) filtering schemes for increasing indistinguishability.
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- S Gao
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- Integrated Quantum Optics, Universität Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- Groupe de Physique Appliquée, Université de Genève, CH-1211, Genève, Switzerland
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
- QOLS, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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Ghosh S, Liew TCH. Dynamical Blockade in a Single-Mode Bosonic System. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:013602. [PMID: 31386407 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.013602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We introduce a dynamical blockade phenomenon occurring in a nonlinear bosonic mode induced by a combination of continuous and pulsed excitations. We find that the underlying mechanism for the blockade is general, enhancing antibunching in the strongly nonlinear regime and inducing it in the weakly nonlinear regime, without fine-tuning the system parameters. Moreover, this mechanism shows advantages over existing blockade mechanisms and is suitable for implementation in a wide variety of systems due to its simplicity and universality.
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- Sanjib Ghosh
- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
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Tsatrafyllis N, Kühn S, Dumergue M, Foldi P, Kahaly S, Cormier E, Gonoskov IA, Kiss B, Varju K, Varro S, Tzallas P. Quantum Optical Signatures in a Strong Laser Pulse after Interaction with Semiconductors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:193602. [PMID: 31144948 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.193602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Electrodynamical processes induced in complex systems like semiconductors by strong electromagnetic fields have traditionally been described using semiclassical approaches. Although these approaches allowed the investigation of ultrafast dynamics in solids culminating in multipetahertz electronics, they do not provide any access to the quantum-optical nature of the interaction, as they treat the driving field classically and unaffected by the interaction. Here, using a full quantum-optical approach, we demonstrate that the subcycle electronic response in a strongly driven semiconductor crystal is imprinted in the quantum state of the driving field resulting in nonclassical light states carrying the information of the interaction. This vital step towards strong-field ultrafast quantum electrodynamics unravels information inaccessible by conventional approaches and leads to the development of a new class of nonclassical light sources.
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- N Tsatrafyllis
- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, PO Box 1527, GR-71110 Heraklion, Greece
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Szeged, Dom ter 9, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CELIA, CEA, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged, Dom ter 9, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
- Wigner Research Center for Physics, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
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- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, PO Box 1527, GR-71110 Heraklion, Greece
- ELI-ALPS, ELI-Hu Non-Profit Ltd., Dugonics tér 13, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Hepp S, Bauer S, Hornung F, Schwartz M, Portalupi SL, Jetter M, Michler P. Bragg grating cavities embedded into nano-photonic waveguides for Purcell enhanced quantum dot emission. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:30614-30622. [PMID: 30469955 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.030614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the present work, we demonstrate the fabrication and optical properties of Bragg grating cavities that are directly integrated into ridge waveguides along with the Purcell enhanced emission from integrated quantum dots. Measured Q-factors up to 4600 are observed in combination with resonances of the fundamental mode within a ± 0.11 nm range along the full fabricated chip. The measured Purcell enhancement up to a factor of 3.5 ± 0.5 shows the potential utility for state-of-the-art on-chip quantum optical experiments as realized in off-chip implementations. Our measurements are fully supported via FDTD simulations giving a theoretical Purcell enhancement up to a factor of 20 with a highly directional βdir-factor of 70 %. The straightforward upscaling and robust design of the investigated Bragg grating cavity in combination with a substantial Purcell enhancement represents a major step towards large scale on-chip quantum photonic circuits.
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Liu S, Vabishchevich PP, Vaskin A, Reno JL, Keeler GA, Sinclair MB, Staude I, Brener I. An all-dielectric metasurface as a broadband optical frequency mixer. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2507. [PMID: 29955051 PMCID: PMC6023909 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04944-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A frequency mixer is a nonlinear device that combines electromagnetic waves to create waves at new frequencies. Mixers are ubiquitous components in modern radio-frequency technology and microwave signal processing. The development of versatile frequency mixers for optical frequencies remains challenging: such devices generally rely on weak nonlinear optical processes and, thus, must satisfy phase-matching conditions. Here we utilize a GaAs-based dielectric metasurface to demonstrate an optical frequency mixer that concurrently generates eleven new frequencies spanning the ultraviolet to near-infrared. The even and odd order nonlinearities of GaAs enable our observation of second-harmonic, third-harmonic, and fourth-harmonic generation, sum-frequency generation, two-photon absorption-induced photoluminescence, four-wave mixing and six-wave mixing. The simultaneous occurrence of these seven nonlinear processes is assisted by the combined effects of strong intrinsic material nonlinearities, enhanced electromagnetic fields, and relaxed phase-matching requirements. Such ultracompact optical mixers may enable a plethora of applications in biology, chemistry, sensing, communications, and quantum optics.
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- Sheng Liu
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA.
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Defienne H, Reichert M, Fleischer JW. General Model of Photon-Pair Detection with an Image Sensor. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:203604. [PMID: 29864361 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.203604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We develop an analytic model that relates intensity correlation measurements performed by an image sensor to the properties of photon pairs illuminating it. Experiments using an effective single-photon counting camera, a linear electron-multiplying charge-coupled device camera, and a standard CCD camera confirm the model. The results open the field of quantum optical sensing using conventional detectors.
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- Hugo Defienne
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Highly-efficient quantum memory for polarization qubits in a spatially-multiplexed cold atomic ensemble. Nat Commun 2018; 9:363. [PMID: 29371593 PMCID: PMC5785556 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02775-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Quantum memory for flying optical qubits is a key enabler for a wide range of applications in quantum information. A critical figure of merit is the overall storage and retrieval efficiency. So far, despite the recent achievements of efficient memories for light pulses, the storage of qubits has suffered from limited efficiency. Here we report on a quantum memory for polarization qubits that combines an average conditional fidelity above 99% and efficiency around 68%, thereby demonstrating a reversible qubit mapping where more information is retrieved than lost. The qubits are encoded with weak coherent states at the single-photon level and the memory is based on electromagnetically-induced transparency in an elongated laser-cooled ensemble of cesium atoms, spatially multiplexed for dual-rail storage. This implementation preserves high optical depth on both rails, without compromise between multiplexing and storage efficiency. Our work provides an efficient node for future tests of quantum network functionalities and advanced photonic circuits. Future quantum networks will require quantum memories with effective storage-and-retrieval capabilities. Here, the authors use electromagnetically-induced transparency in a high optical-depth, spatially-multiplexed cold atom ensemble to store and retrieve polarization qubits with high efficiency.
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Ciampini MA, Vigliar C, Cimini V, Paesani S, Sciarrino F, Crespi A, Corrielli G, Osellame R, Mataloni P, Paternostro M, Barbieri M. Experimental nonlocality-based network diagnostics of multipartite entangled states. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17122. [PMID: 29215056 PMCID: PMC5719363 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17457-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We introduce a novel diagnostic scheme for multipartite networks of entangled particles, aimed at assessing the quality of the gates used for the engineering of their state. Using the information gathered from a set of suitably chosen multiparticle Bell tests, we identify conditions bounding the quality of the entangled bonds among the elements of a register. We illustrate the effectiveness of our proposal by characterizing a quantum resource engineered combining two-photon hyperentanglement and photonic-chip technology. Our approach opens up future studies on medium-sized networks due to the intrinsically modular nature of cluster states, and paves the way to section-by-section analysis of larger photonics resources.
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- Mario A Ciampini
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.,Centre for Quantum Photonics, H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Merchant Venturers Building, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UB, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133, Milano, (MI), Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisica - Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133, Milano, (MI), Italy
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133, Milano, (MI), Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisica - Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133, Milano, (MI), Italy
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFN-CNR), P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133, Milano, (MI), Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisica - Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133, Milano, (MI), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146, Rome, Italy
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Shi S, Kumar P, Lee KF. Generation of photonic entanglement in green fluorescent proteins. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1934. [PMID: 29203839 PMCID: PMC5715022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02027-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recent development of spectroscopic techniques based on quantum states of light can precipitate many breakthroughs in observing and controlling light-matter interactions in biological materials on a fundamental quantum level. For this reason, the generation of entangled light in biologically produced fluorescent proteins would be promising because of their biocompatibility. Here we demonstrate the generation of polarization-entangled two-photon state through spontaneous four-wave mixing in enhanced green fluorescent proteins. The reconstructed density matrix indicates that the entangled state is subject to decoherence originating from two-photon absorption. However, the prepared state is less sensitive to environmental decoherence because of the protective β-barrel structure that encapsulates the fluorophore in the protein. We further explore the quantumness, including classical and quantum correlations, of the state in the decoherence environment. Our method for photonic entanglement generation may have potential for developing quantum spectroscopic techniques and quantum-enhanced measurements in biological materials. Quantum-enhanced applications such as quantum spectroscopy of biological samples could take advantage from in situ generation of quantum states of light. Here, the authors characterize polarization-entangled photon states generated through spontaneous four-wave mixing in enhanced green fluorescent proteins.
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- Siyuan Shi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3112, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3112, USA. .,Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3118, USA.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208-3118, USA.
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Zoubi H, Hammerer K. Quantum Nonlinear Optics in Optomechanical Nanoscale Waveguides. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:123602. [PMID: 29341653 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.123602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We show that strong nonlinearities at the few photon level can be achieved in optomechanical nanoscale waveguides. We consider the propagation of photons in cm-scale one-dimensional nanophotonic structures where stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is strongly enhanced by radiation pressure coupling. We introduce a configuration that allows slowing down photons by several orders of magnitude via SBS from sound waves using two pump fields. Slowly propagating photons can then experience strong nonlinear interactions through virtual off-resonant exchange of dispersionless phonons. As a benchmark we identify requirements for achieving a large cross-phase modulation among two counterpropagating photons applicable for photonic quantum gates. Our results indicate that strongly nonlinear quantum optics is possible in continuum optomechanical systems realized in nanophotonic structures.
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- Hashem Zoubi
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Leibniz University Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Leibniz University Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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McKinstrie CJ, Christensen JB, Rottwitt K, Raymer MG. Generation of two-temporal-mode photon states by vector four-wave mixing. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:20877-20893. [PMID: 29041765 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.020877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Photon pair states and multiple-photon squeezed states have many applications in quantum information science. In this paper, Green functions are derived for spontaneous four-wave mixing in the low- and high-gain regimes. Nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a strongly-birefringent medium generates signal and idler photons that are associated with only one pair of temporal (Schmidt) modes, for a wide range of pump powers and arbitrary pump shapes. The Schmidt coefficients (expected photon numbers) depend sensitively on the pump powers, and the Schmidt functions (shapes of the photon wavepackets) depend sensitively on the pump powers and shapes, which can be controlled.
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Chen X, Ding C, Pan H, Huang K, Laurat J, Wu G, Wu E. Temporal and spatial multiplexed infrared single-photon counter based on high-speed avalanche photodiode. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44600. [PMID: 28294155 PMCID: PMC5353712 DOI: 10.1038/srep44600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We report on a high-speed temporal and spatial multiplexed single-photon counter with photon-number-resolving capability up to four photons. The infrared detector combines a fiber loop to split, delay and recombine optical pulses and a 200 MHz dual-channel single-photon detector based on InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode. To fully characterize the photon-number-resolving capability, we perform quantum detector tomography and then reconstruct its positive-operator-valued measure and the associated Wigner functions. The result shows that, despite of the afterpulsing noise and limited system detection efficiency, this temporal and spatial multiplexed single-photon counter can already find applications for large repetition rate quantum information schemes.
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- Xiuliang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
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DAVEAU RAPHAËLS, BALRAM KRISHNAC, PREGNOLATO TOMMASO, LIU JIN, LEE EUNH, SONG JIND, VERMA VARUN, MIRIN RICHARD, NAM SAEWOO, MIDOLO LEONARDO, STOBBE SØREN, SRINIVASAN KARTIK, LODAHL PETER. Efficient fiber-coupled single-photon source based on quantum dots in a photonic-crystal waveguide. OPTICA 2017; 4:178-184. [PMID: 28584859 PMCID: PMC5455793 DOI: 10.1364/optica.4.000178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Many photonic quantum information processing applications would benefit from a high brightness, fiber-coupled source of triggered single photons. Here, we present a fiber-coupled photonic-crystal waveguide single-photon source relying on evanescent coupling of the light field from a tapered out-coupler to an optical fiber. A two-step approach is taken where the performance of the tapered out-coupler is recorded first on an independent device containing an on-chip reflector. Reflection measurements establish that the chip-to-fiber coupling efficiency exceeds 80 %. The detailed characterization of a high-efficiency photonic-crystal waveguide extended with a tapered out-coupling section is then performed. The corresponding overall single-photon source efficiency is 10.9 % ± 2.3 %, which quantifies the success probability to prepare an exciton in the quantum dot, couple it out as a photon in the waveguide, and subsequently transfer it to the fiber. The applied out-coupling method is robust, stable over time, and broadband over several tens of nanometers, which makes it a highly promising pathway to increase the efficiency and reliability of planar chip-based single-photon sources.
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- RAPHAËL S. DAVEAU
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Center for Opto-Electronic Convergence Systems, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea
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- Center for Opto-Electronic Convergence Systems, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Le Jeannic H, Verma VB, Cavaillès A, Marsili F, Shaw MD, Huang K, Morin O, Nam SW, Laurat J. High-efficiency WSi superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for quantum state engineering in the near infrared. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:5341-5344. [PMID: 27842128 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.005341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report on high-efficiency superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on amorphous tungsten silicide and optimized at 1064 nm. At an operating temperature of 1.8 K, we demonstrated a 93% system detection efficiency at this wavelength with a dark noise of a few counts per second. Combined with cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric downconversion, this fiber-coupled detector enabled us to generate narrowband single photons with a heralding efficiency greater than 90% and a high spectral brightness of 0.6×104 photons/(s·mW·MHz). Beyond single-photon generation at large rate, such high-efficiency detectors open the path to efficient multiple-photon heralding and complex quantum state engineering.
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Uppu R, Wolterink TAW, Tentrup TBH, Pinkse PWH. Quantum optics of lossy asymmetric beam splitters. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:16440-16449. [PMID: 27464096 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.016440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We theoretically investigate quantum interference of two single photons at a lossy asymmetric beam splitter, the most general passive 2×2 optical circuit. The losses in the circuit result in a non-unitary scattering matrix with a non-trivial set of constraints on the elements of the scattering matrix. Our analysis using the noise operator formalism shows that the loss allows tunability of quantum interference to an extent not possible with a lossless beam splitter. Our theoretical studies support the experimental demonstrations of programmable quantum interference in highly multimodal systems such as opaque scattering media and multimode fibers.
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Muñoz-Matutano G, Barrera D, Fernández-Pousa CR, Chulia-Jordan R, Seravalli L, Trevisi G, Frigeri P, Sales S, Martínez-Pastor J. All-Optical Fiber Hanbury Brown &Twiss Interferometer to study 1300 nm single photon emission of a metamorphic InAs Quantum Dot. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27214. [PMID: 27257122 PMCID: PMC4891669 DOI: 10.1038/srep27214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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New optical fiber based spectroscopic tools open the possibility to develop more robust and efficient characterization experiments. Spectral filtering and light reflection have been used to produce compact and versatile fiber based optical cavities and sensors. Moreover, these technologies would be also suitable to study N-photon correlations, where high collection efficiency and frequency tunability is desirable. We demonstrated single photon emission of a single quantum dot emitting at 1300 nm, using a Fiber Bragg Grating for wavelength filtering and InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes operated in Geiger mode for single photon detection. As we do not observe any significant fine structure splitting for the neutral exciton transition within our spectral resolution (46 μeV), metamorphic QD single photon emission studied with our all-fiber Hanbury Brown & Twiss interferometer could lead to a more efficient analysis of entangled photon sources at telecom wavelength. This all-optical fiber scheme opens the door to new first and second order interferometers to study photon indistinguishability, entangled photon and photon cross correlation in the more interesting telecom wavelengths.
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- G Muñoz-Matutano
- ITEAM Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, C/Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022, Valencia, Spain.,Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universitat de València, PO Box 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- ITEAM Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, C/Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avenida Universidad s/n, E-03202 Elche, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universitat de València, PO Box 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- CNR-IMEM Institute, Parco delle Scienze 37a, I-43100 Parma, Italy
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- CNR-IMEM Institute, Parco delle Scienze 37a, I-43100 Parma, Italy
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- CNR-IMEM Institute, Parco delle Scienze 37a, I-43100 Parma, Italy
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- ITEAM Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, C/Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universitat de València, PO Box 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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Xu M, Jäger SB, Schütz S, Cooper J, Morigi G, Holland MJ. Supercooling of Atoms in an Optical Resonator. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:153002. [PMID: 27127966 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.153002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We investigate laser cooling of an ensemble of atoms in an optical cavity. We demonstrate that when atomic dipoles are synchronized in the regime of steady-state superradiance, the motion of the atoms may be subject to a giant frictional force leading to potentially very low temperatures. The ultimate temperature limits are determined by a modified atomic linewidth, which can be orders of magnitude smaller than the cavity linewidth. The cooling rate is enhanced by the superradiant emission into the cavity mode allowing reasonable cooling rates even for dipolar transitions with ultranarrow linewidth.
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- Minghui Xu
- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
- Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
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- Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
- Center for Theory of Quantum Matter, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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Harder G, Bartley TJ, Lita AE, Nam SW, Gerrits T, Silberhorn C. Single-Mode Parametric-Down-Conversion States with 50 Photons as a Source for Mesoscopic Quantum Optics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:143601. [PMID: 27104708 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.143601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We generate pulsed, two-mode squeezed states in a single spatiotemporal mode with mean photon numbers up to 20. We directly measure photon-number correlations between the two modes with transition edge sensors up to 80 photons per mode. This corresponds roughly to a state dimensionality of 6400. We achieve detection efficiencies of 64% in the technologically crucial telecom regime and demonstrate the high quality of our measurements by heralded nonclassical distributions up to 50 photons per pulse and calculated correlation functions up to 40th order.
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- Georg Harder
- Integrated Quantum Optics Group, Applied Physics, University of Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Integrated Quantum Optics Group, Applied Physics, University of Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Integrated Quantum Optics Group, Applied Physics, University of Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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Santana-Blank L, Rodríguez-Santana E, Santana-Rodríguez KE, Reyes H. "Quantum Leap" in Photobiomodulation Therapy Ushers in a New Generation of Light-Based Treatments for Cancer and Other Complex Diseases: Perspective and Mini-Review. Photomed Laser Surg 2016; 34:93-101. [PMID: 26890728 DOI: 10.1089/pho.2015.4015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Set within the context of the 2015 International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies,and of a growing and aging world population with ever-rising healthcare needs, this perspective and mini-review focuses on photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy as an emerging, cost-effective, treatment option for cancer (i.e., solid tumors) and other complex diseases, particularly, of the eye (e.g., age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa) and the central nervous system (e.g., Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease). BACKGROUND DATA Over the last decades, primary and secondary mechanisms of PBM have been revealed. These include oxygen-dependent and oxygen-independent structural and functional action pathways. Signal and target characteristics determine biological outcome, which is optimal (or even positive) only within a given set of parameters. METHODS This study was a perspective and nonsystematic literature mini-review. RESULTS Studies support what we describe as a paradigm shift or "quantum leap" in the understanding and use of light and its interaction with water and other relevant photo-cceptors to restore physiologic function. CONCLUSIONS Based on existing evidence, it is argued that PBM therapy can raise the standard of care and improve the quality of life of patients for a fraction of the cost of many current approaches. PBM therapy can, therefore,benefit large, vulnerable population groups, including the elderly and the poor, whilehaving a major impact on medical practice and public finances.
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- Luis Santana-Blank
- Fundalas, Foundation for Interdisciplinary Research and Development, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Fundalas, Foundation for Interdisciplinary Research and Development, Caracas, Venezuela
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Qiu Z, Tang D, Shu J, Chen G, Tang D. Enzyme-triggered formation of enzyme-tyramine concatamers on nanogold-functionalized dendrimer for impedimetric detection of Hg(II) with sensitivity enhancement. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 75:108-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Riek C, Seletskiy DV, Moskalenko AS, Schmidt JF, Krauspe P, Eckart S, Eggert S, Burkard G, Leitenstorfer A. Direct sampling of electric-field vacuum fluctuations. Science 2015; 350:420-3. [PMID: 26429882 DOI: 10.1126/science.aac9788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The ground state of quantum systems is characterized by zero-point motion. This motion, in the form of vacuum fluctuations, is generally considered to be an elusive phenomenon that manifests itself only indirectly. Here, we report direct detection of the vacuum fluctuations of electromagnetic radiation in free space. The ground-state electric-field variance is inversely proportional to the four-dimensional space-time volume, which we sampled electro-optically with tightly focused laser pulses lasting a few femtoseconds. Subcycle temporal readout and nonlinear coupling far from resonance provide signals from purely virtual photons without amplification. Our findings enable an extreme time-domain approach to quantum physics, with nondestructive access to the quantum state of light. Operating at multiterahertz frequencies, such techniques might also allow time-resolved studies of intrinsic fluctuations of elementary excitations in condensed matter.
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- C Riek
- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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