Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

Quantum random walk is the quantum counterpart of a classical random walk. The classical
random walk concept has long been used as a computational framework for designing …

Twisted photons can be used as alphabets to encode information beyond one bit per single
photon. This ability offers great potential for quantum information tasks, as well as for the …

Quantum walks, the quantum mechanical counterpart of classical random walks, is an
advanced tool for building quantum algorithms that has been recently shown to constitute a …

Since their first introduction in 2006, q-plates have found a constantly increasing number of
uses in diverse contexts, ranging from fundamental research on complex structured light …

Random walks have been employed in virtually every science related discipline to model
everyday phenomena such as biochemical reaction pathways and DNA synapsis …

A few years ago the possibility of coupling and inter-converting the spin and orbital angular
momentum (SAM and OAM) of paraxial light beams in inhomogeneous anisotropic media …

Structured light is attracting significant attention for its diverse applications in both classical
and quantum optics. The so-called vector vortex beams display peculiar properties in both …

The “quantum walk” has emerged recently as a paradigmatic process for the dynamic
simulation of complex quantum systems, entanglement production and quantum …

The capability to generate and manipulate quantum states in high-dimensional Hilbert
spaces is a crucial step for the development of quantum technologies, from quantum …