Hybrid discrete-and continuous-variable quantum information

UL Andersen, JS Neergaard-Nielsen, P Van Loock… - Nature Physics, 2015 - nature.com
Research in quantum information processing has followed two different directions: the use of
discrete variables (qubits) and that of high-dimensional, continuous-variable Gaussian …

Tutorial: nonlinear magnonics

S Zheng, Z Wang, Y Wang, F Sun, Q He… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Nonlinear magnonics studies the nonlinear interaction between magnons and other
physical platforms (phonon, photon, qubit, spin texture) to generate novel magnon states for …

Non-Gaussian quantum states and where to find them

M Walschaers - PRX quantum, 2021 - APS
Gaussian states have played an important role in the physics of continuous-variable
quantum systems. They are appealing for the experimental ease with which they can be …

Squeezed light

AI Lvovsky - Photonics: Scientific Foundations, Technology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The basic idea of squeezing can be understood by considering the quantum harmonic
oscillator, familiar from undergraduate quantum mechanics. Squeezing is best visualized by …

A flying Schrödinger's cat in multipartite entangled states

Z Wang, Z Bao, Y Wu, Y Li, W Cai, W Wang, Y Ma… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Schrödinger's cat originates from the famous thought experiment querying the
counterintuitive quantum superposition of macroscopic objects. As a natural extension …

Teleportation of nonclassical wave packets of light

N Lee, H Benichi, Y Takeno, S Takeda, J Webb… - Science, 2011 - science.org
We report on the experimental quantum teleportation of strongly nonclassical wave packets
of light. To perform this full quantum operation while preserving and retrieving the fragile …

Simulating quantum materials with digital quantum computers

LB Oftelie, M Urbanek, M Metcalf, J Carter… - Quantum Science …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum materials exhibit a wide array of exotic phenomena and practically useful
properties. A better understanding of these materials can provide deeper insights into …

A quantum-bit encoding converter

T Darras, BE Asenbeck, G Guccione, A Cavaillès… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
From telecommunications to computing architectures, the realm of classical information
hinges on converter technology to enable the exchange of data between digital and …

Production and applications of non-Gaussian quantum states of light

AI Lvovsky, P Grangier, A Ourjoumtsev, V Parigi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
This review covers recent theoretical and experimental efforts to extend the application of
the continuous-variable quantum technology of light beyond" Gaussian" quantum states …

Experimental generation of squeezed cat states with an operation allowing iterative growth

J Etesse, M Bouillard, B Kanseri, R Tualle-Brouri - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We present what is, to our knowledge, the first implementation of a “cat breeding” operation,
which allows an iterative growth of cat states. We thus report the experimental generation of …