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Experimental test of an event-based corpuscular model modification as an alternative to quantum mechanics

February 13, 2013
Author(s)
Giorgio Brida, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Marco Genovese, Alan L. Migdall, Fabrizio Piacentini, Sergey Polyakov, Paola Traina
We present the first experimental test that distinguishes between an Event-Based Corpuscular Model (EBCM)9) of the interaction of photons with matter and quantum mechanics. The test looks at the interference that results as a single photon passes through a

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Computing with Circuit QED

February 5, 2013
Author(s)
Prabin Adhikari, Mohammad Hafezi, Jacob Taylor
One approach to quantum information processing is to use photons as quantum bits and rely on linear optical elements for most operations. However, some optical nonlinearity is necessary to enable universal quantum computing. Here, we suggest a circuit-QED

Joint Spectral Measurements at the Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference Dip

January 29, 2013
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Francesco F. Marsili, Varun B. Verma, Adriana E. Lita, Antia A. Lamas-Linares, Jeffrey A. Stern, Matthew Shaw, William Farr, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We employed a 2 channel single-photon detection system with high detection efficiency and low jitter to characterize the joint spectral distribution (JSD) of the correlated photons emerging from a Hong-Ou-Mandel interference arrangement. We show the JSDs

Experimental demonstration of a receiver beating the standard quantum limit for multiple nonorthogonal coherent-state discrimination

January 6, 2013
Author(s)
Francisco E. Becerra Chavez, Jingyun Fan, Gerald Baumgartner, Julius Goldhar, Jonathan Kosloski, Alan L. Migdall
The measurement of the state of a quantum system with inherent quantum uncertainty (noise) approaching the ultimate physical limits is of both technological and fundamental interest. Quantum noise prevents any mutually nonorthogonal quantum states, such as

The equilibrium states of open quantum systems in the strong coupling regime

December 26, 2012
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Yigit Subasi, Chris Fleming, Bei L. Hu
In this work we investigate the late-time stationary states of open quantum systems coupled to a thermal reservoir in the strong coupling regime. This is because in general such systems do not necessarily relax to a Boltzmann distribution if the coupling

Adaptive measurements in nonorthogonal state discrimination

December 18, 2012
Author(s)
Francisco E. Becerra Chavez, Alan L. Migdall
Adaptive measurements represent important resources in quantum information science and quan- tum technologies. They take advantage of the knowledge of partial measurements of the system to optimize subsequent measurements and perform tasks that are dicult

Dynamics of a pulsed single photon source

December 18, 2012
Author(s)
Sergey V. Polyakov, Edward B. Flagg, Tim O. Thomay, Glenn S. Solomon
We propose and demonstrate a method for an independent verification of a degree of single photon purity and coherence applicable for all single-photon emitters used in pulsed mode. Using two-time second-order correlation measurements, we reconstruct the

Dual-channel, single-photon upconversion detector near 1300 nm

November 5, 2012
Author(s)
Paulina S. Kuo, Jason S. Pelc, Oliver T. Slattery, Martin M. Fejer, Xiao Tang
Upconversion of 1.3-micron photons and detection using silicon avalanche photodiodes (Si APDs) can produce high photon detection efficiencies (PDEs) with low dark count rates. We demonstrate a novel two-channel device based on a phase-modulated

Slot-mode-coupled optomechanical crystals

October 22, 2012
Author(s)
Marcelo I. Davanco, Jasper Chan, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, Oskar Painter, Kartik A. Srinivasan
We design a cavity optomechanical system in which a localized GHz frequency mechanical mode of a nanobeam resonator is evanescently coupled to a high quality factor (Q > 10^6) optical mode of a separate nanobeam optical cavity. Using separate nanobeams

Dynamics of the non-classical light from a single solid-state quantum emitter

October 18, 2012
Author(s)
Edward B. Flagg, Sergey Polyakov, Tim O. Thomay, Glenn S. Solomon
We measure the dynamics of a non-classical optical field using two-time second-order correlations in conjunction with pulsed excitation. The technique quantifies single-photon purity and coherence during the excitation-relaxation cycle of an emitter, which

Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics with a Spin-Orbit Qubit

October 17, 2012
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Karl Petersson, L. McFaul, M. Schroer, M. Jung, Andrew Houck, Jason Petta
We develop a circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture for spin qubits by coupling an InAs double quantum dot to a high quality factor superconducting cavity. A charge trapped in the double quantum dot interacts with the electric field of the cavity

Photon Temporal Correlations Measured Using a Dual-Channel Upconversion Detector

October 14, 2012
Author(s)
Paulina Kuo, Jason S. Pelc, Oliver T. Slattery, Martin M. Fejer, Xiao Tang
We demonstrate application of a dual-channel upconversion detector as a beamsplitter that preserves photon statistics. We use this beamsplitter to characterize temporal correlations of photons from coherent and pseudo-thermal sources.

Single photon frequency up-conversion and its applications

October 12, 2012
Author(s)
Lijun Ma, Oliver T. Slattery, Xiao Tang
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has adapted a frequency up-conversion technique to develop highly efficient and sensitive single photon detectors and spectrometer for use at telecommunications wavelengths. The NIST team used these

Extending single-photon optimized superconducting transition edge sensors beyond the single-photon counting regime

October 2, 2012
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Brice R. Calkins, Nathan A. Tomlin, Adriana E. Lita, Alan L. Migdall, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
Typically, transition edge sensors resolve photon number of up to 10 or 20 photons, depending on the wavelength and TES design. We extend that dynamic range up to 1000 photons, while maintaining sub- shot noise detection process uncertainty of the number

A titanium-nitride near-infrared kinetic inductance photon-counting detector and its anomalous electrodynamics

October 1, 2012
Author(s)
Martin O. Sandberg, Fabio C. da Silva, Kent D. Irwin, David P. Pappas, Sae Woo Nam, David Wisbey, Ben Mazin, Seth Meeker, Jonas Zmuidzinas, Henry G. Leduc
We demonstrate single-photon counting at 1550 nm with titanium-nitride (TiN) microwave kinetic inductancedetectors. Full-width-at-half-maximum energy resolution of 0.4 eV is achieved. 0-, 1-, 2- photon events are resolved and shown to follow Poisson

Gradient-based stopping rules for maximum-likelihood quantum-state tomography

September 18, 2012
Author(s)
Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Mark Girard
When performing maximum likelihood quantum state tomography, one must find the quantum state that maximizes the likelihood for observed measurements on identically prepared systems, all having that quantum state. This optimization is usually performed with
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