Modes and states in quantum optics

C Fabre, N Treps - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
A few decades ago, quantum optics stood out as a new domain of physics by exhibiting
states of light with no classical equivalent. The first investigations concerned single photons …

Atomic hong–ou–mandel experiment

R Lopes, A Imanaliev, A Aspect, M Cheneau, D Boiron… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Two-particle interference is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics, and is even less
intuitive than wave–particle duality for a single particle. In this duality, classical concepts …

Programmable multimode quantum networks

S Armstrong, JF Morizur, J Janousek, B Hage… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Entanglement between large numbers of quantum modes is the quintessential resource for
future technologies such as the quantum internet. Conventionally, the generation of …

Ultimate sensitivity of precision measurements with intense Gaussian quantum light: A multimodal approach

O Pinel, J Fade, D Braun, P Jian, N Treps… - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2012 - APS
Multimode Gaussian quantum light, which includes multimode squeezed and multipartite
quadrature entangled light, is a very general and powerful quantum resource with promising …

Higher‐Order Spatially Squeezed Beam for Enhanced Spatial Measurements

Z Li, H Guo, H Liu, J Li, H Sun, R Yang… - Advanced Quantum …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A scheme is proposed to realize high‐precision spatial measurement of laser beams
beyond quantum limit using a novel quantum state called the m th mth order spatially …

Generation of higher-order hermite–gaussian modes via cascaded phase-only spatial light modulators

M Yan, L Ma - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The spatial distribution of higher-order Hermite–Gaussian (HG) modes is more complicated
than the fundamental mode, and the characteristics of different modes and their orthogonal …

Generation of squeezed states of light in arbitrary complex amplitude transverse distribution

L Ma, H Guo, H Sun, K Liu, B Su, J Gao - Photonics Research, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The squeezed state is important in quantum metrology and quantum information. The most
effective generation tool known is the optical parametric oscillator (OPO). Currently, only the …

Quantum coherent control of highly multipartite continuous-variable entangled states by tailoring parametric interactions

G Patera, C Navarrete-Benlloch… - The European Physical …, 2012 - Springer
The generation of continuous-variable multipartite entangled states is important for several
protocols of quantum information processing and communication, such as one-way quantum …

Spatial division multiplexing

H Chen, AMJ Koonen - Fibre Optic Communication: Key Devices, 2017 - Springer
Spatial division multiplexing (SDM) by employing few-mode fiber or multi-core fiber is
expected to efficiently enhance the capacity of optical networks and overcome the …

Multi-spatial-mode effects in squeezed-light-enhanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors

D Töyrä, DD Brown, MK Davis, S Song, A Wormald… - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
Proposed near-future upgrades of the current advanced interferometric gravitational wave
detectors include the usage of frequency dependent squeezed light to reduce the current …