Quantum illumination uses entangled signal-idler photon pairs to boost the detection
efficiency of low-reflectivity objects in environments with bright thermal noise. Its advantage …

Bosonic encoding is an approach for quantum information processing, promising lower
hardware overhead by encoding in the many levels of a harmonic-oscillator mode. Scaling …

Qubit readout is an indispensable element of any quantum information processor. In this
work, we experimentally demonstrate a nonperturbative cross-Kerr couplingbetween a …

Since the introduction of bolometers more than a century ago, they have been used in
various applications ranging from chemical sensors, consumer electronics, and security to …

Although the main loss channel of planar microwave superconducting resonators has been
identified to be related to an external coupling to a two-level system (TLS) bath, the behavior …

Massive mechanical resonators operating at the quantum scale can enable a large variety of
applications in quantum technologies as well as fundamental tests of quantum theory. Of …

The standard quantum formalism introduced at the undergraduate level treats measurement
as an instantaneous collapse. In reality however, no physical process can occur over a truly …

Quantum illumination is a sensing technique that employs entangled signal-idler beams to
improve the detection efficiency of low-reflectivity objects in environments with large thermal …

Quantum systems can occupy peculiar states, such as superposition or entangled states.
These states are intrinsically fragile and eventually get wiped out by inevitable interactions …

Superconducting parametric amplifiers operating at microwave frequencies have become
an essential component in circuit quantum electrodynamics experiments. They are used to …