Continuous-variable optical quantum-state tomography

AI Lvovsky, MG Raymer - Reviews of modern physics, 2009 - APS
This review covers the latest developments in continuous-variable quantum-state
tomography of optical fields and photons, placing a special emphasis on its practical aspects …

Multiphoton quantum optics and quantum state engineering

F Dell'Anno, S De Siena, F Illuminati - Physics reports, 2006 - Elsevier
We present a review of theoretical and experimental aspects of multiphoton quantum optics.
Multiphoton processes occur and are important for many aspects of matter–radiation …

Quantifying non-Gaussianity for quantum information

MG Genoni, MGA Paris - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2010 - APS
We address the quantification of non-Gaussianity (nG) of states and operations in
continuous-variable systems and its use in quantum information. We start by illustrating in …

Quantifying decoherence in continuous variable systems

A Serafini, MGA Paris, F Illuminati… - Journal of Optics B …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a detailed report on the decoherence of quantum states of continuous variable
systems under the action of a quantum optical master equation resulting from the interaction …

Conditional generation of N-photon entangled states of light

J Fiurášek - Physical Review A, 2002 - APS
We propose a scheme for conditional generation of two-mode N-photon path-entangled
states of traveling light field. These states may find applications in quantum optical …

Quantum teleportation and Bell's inequality using single-particle entanglement

HW Lee, J Kim - Physical Review A, 2000 - APS
A single-particle entangled state can be generated by illuminating a beam splitter with a
single photon. Quantum teleportation utilizing such a single-particle entangled state can be …

Quantum-scissors device for optical state truncation: A proposal for practical realization

ŞK Özdemir, A Miranowicz, M Koashi, N Imoto - Physical Review A, 2001 - APS
We propose a realizable experimental scheme to prepare superposition of the vacuum and
one-photon states by truncating an input coherent state. The scheme is based on the …

Scalability of parametric down-conversion for generating higher-order Fock states

J Tiedau, TJ Bartley, G Harder, AE Lita, SW Nam… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) is the most widely used method to
generate higher-order Fock states (n≥ 2). Yet, a consistent performance analysis from …

Detection devices in entanglement-based optical state preparation

P Kok, SL Braunstein - Physical Review A, 2001 - APS
We study the use of detection devices in entanglement-based state preparation. In particular
we consider optical detection devices such as single-photon sensitivity detectors, single …

Optomechanical preparation of photon number-squeezed states with a pair of thermal reservoirs of opposite temperatures

B Zhu, K Zhang, W Zhang - Photonics Research, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Photon number-squeezed states are of significant value in fundamental quantum research
and have a wide range of applications in quantum metrology. Most of their preparation …