Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

X-ray crystallography has been central to the development of many fields of science over the
past century. It has now matured to a point that as long as good-quality crystals are …

Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) can directly transmit secrete messages
through a quantum channel. Device-independent (DI) QSDC can guarantee the …

Quantum light–matter interfaces are at the heart of photonic quantum technologies.
Quantum memories for photons, where non-classical states of photons are mapped onto …

A quantum memory, for storing and retrieving flying photonic quantum states, is a key
interface for realizing long-distance quantum communication and large-scale quantum …

The ability of light to carry and deliver orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the form of optical
vortices has attracted much interest. The physical properties of light with a helical wavefront …

The full structuration of light in the transverse plane, including intensity, phase and
polarization, holds the promise of unprecedented capabilities for applications in classical …

Research on spatially structured light has seen an explosion in activity over the past
decades, powered by technological advances for generating such light and driven by …

Quantum memory is an important component in the long-distance quantum communication
based on the quantum repeater protocol. To outperform the direct transmission of photons …

Controllable trajectories of beams are one of the main themes in optical science. Here, we
investigate the propagation dynamics of Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) solitons in parabolic …