The realization of strong interactions between individual photons is a long-standing goal of
both fundamental and technological significance. Scientists have known for over half a …

Light facilitates exploration of quantum phenomena that illuminate the basic properties of
nature and also enables radical new technologies based on these phenomena. The critical …

Quantum dots in photonic crystals are interesting because of their potential in quantum
information processing, and as a testbed for cavity quantum electrodynamics. Recent …

Nonclassical states of light are an essential resource for many emerging quantum
technologies and applications ranging from information processing, encrypted …

We show how analogs of a large number of well-known nonlinear-optics phenomena can be
realized with one or more two-level atoms coupled to one or more resonator modes …

The ability to generate complex optical photon states involving entanglement between
multiple optical modes is not only critical to advancing our understanding of quantum …

Second-order optical nonlinearities in materials are of paramount importance for optical
wavelength conversion techniques, which are the basis of new high-resolution …

Integrated nonlinear photonics provides transformative capabilities for controlling,
enhancing and manipulating material nonlinearities in miniaturized on-chip platforms. The …

Optical nonlinearities enable photon-photon interaction and lie at the heart of several
proposals for quantum information processing, quantum nondemolition measurements of …

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion is a well-known process in quantum nonlinear
optics in which a photon incident on a nonlinear crystal spontaneously splits into two …