Interactions between light and matter play an instrumental role in spectroscopy, sensing,
quantum information processing and lasers. In most of these applications, light is considered …

The processing of information and computation is undergoing a paradigmatic shift since the
realization of the enormous potential of quantum features to perform these tasks. Coupled …

Full manipulation of a quantum system requires controlled evolution generated by nonlinear
interactions, which is coherent when the rate of nonlinearity is large compared with the rate …

A scheme for observing photon blockade in a single bosonic mode with weak nonlinearity is
proposed and numerically verified. Using a simple bi-tone drive, sub-and super-Poissonian …

Kerr nonlinear oscillators driven by a two-photon process are promising systems to encode
quantum information and to ensure a hardware-efficient scaling towards fault-tolerant …

Single-photon sources are in high demand for quantum information applications. A
paradigmatic way to achieve single-photon emission is through anharmonicity in the energy …

Photon blockade enhancement is an exciting and promising subject that has been well
studied for photons in cavities. However, whether photon blockade can be enhanced in the …

We propose an efficient method to generate single-phonon Fock states by exploiting a
previously unidentified phonon blockade mechanism in a hybrid spin-mechanical system …

Photon blockade in weak nonlinear regime is an exciting and promising subject that has
been extensively studied in the steady state. However, how to achieve dynamic blockade in …

Nonclassical states of light, such as number-squeezed light, with fluctuations below the
classical shot noise level, have important uses in metrology, communication, quantum …