Strong coupling and single-photon nonlinearity in free-electron quantum optics

A Karnieli, C Roques-Carmes, N Rivera, S Fan - ACS Photonics, 2024 - ACS Publications
A central challenge in the emerging field of free-electron quantum optics is to achieve strong
quantum interaction and single-photon nonlinearity between a flying free electron and a …

High-Efficiency Coupling of Free Electrons to Sub-λ3 Modal Volume, High-Q Photonic Cavities

M Bézard, I Si Hadj Mohand, L Ruggierio, A Le Roux… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report on the design, realization, and experimental investigation by spatially resolved
monochromated electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) of high-quality-factor cavities …

Spatial electron-photon entanglement

E Kazakevich, H Aharon, O Kfir - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Free electron beams and their quantum coupling with photons are attracting a rising interest
due to the basic questions they address and the innovative technology these particles are …

Toward Optimum Coupling between Free Electrons and Confined Optical Modes

V Di Giulio, E Akerboom, A Polman… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Free electrons are excellent tools to probe and manipulate nanoscale optical fields with
emerging applications in ultrafast spectromicroscopy and quantum metrology. However …

Universal and ultrafast quantum computation based on free-electron-polariton blockade

A Karnieli, S Tsesses, R Yu, N Rivera, A Arie, I Kaminer… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Cavity QED, wherein a quantum emitter is coupled to electromagnetic cavity modes, is a
powerful platform for implementing quantum sensors, memories, and networks. However …

Quantum Nanophotonics with Energetic Particles: X-rays and Free Electrons

X Shi, WW Lee, A Karnieli, LM Lohse, A Gorlach… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Rapid progress in precision nanofabrication and atomic design over the past 50 years has
ushered in a succession of transformative eras for molding the generation and flow of light …

Subwavelength-modulated silicon photonics for low-energy free-electron-photon interactions

OE Ates, BJ Slayton, WP Putnam - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We investigate silicon waveguides with subwavelength-scale modulation for applications in
free-electron-photon interactions. The modulation enables velocity matching and efficient …

Photon-recycling dielectric laser accelerator

C Li, L Zhang, D Zheng, X Liu, Y Pan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.05038, 2025 - arxiv.org
We propose a photon-recycling dielectric laser accelerator (DLA) system based on silicon
photonic device. Our DLA system employs guided electromagnetic waves as a primary …