Frequency Domain Quantum Processing Via Four-wave Mixing

Frequency Domain Quantum Processing Via Four-wave Mixing
Author: Chaitali Joshi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2020
Genre:
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Optical photons are excellent flying qubits for future long-distance quantum networks due to negligible decoherence at room temperature. To date, quantum photonic technologies have focused on processing the spatial, temporal and polarization degrees of freedom of light. However, frequency encoding of information has had a profound impact on classical telecommunications, creating mature low-loss fiber-based and integrated photonics hardware that can be exploited to address challenges of scalability in photonic quantum networks. In this dissertation, we use tools from nonlinear optics to realize coherent frequency domain processing of single photons. We use quantum frequency conversion via Bragg scattering four-wave mixing (BS-FWM) to manipulate the spectral and temporal properties of single photons. We use an implementation of BS-FWM that achieves close to unity efficiency and ultra-low noise to develop a powerful toolbox that combines advantages of frequency encoding, fiber and integrated photonic technologies and nonlinear optics for scaling future quantum networks. The first application discussed in this thesis is a frequency-multiplexed single-photon source. Deterministic, high-quality sources of single photons are a crucial requirement for scalable photonic quantum information processing (QIP). The most widely used single-photon sources are based on nonlinear parametric processes that are inherently probabilistic. Active feed-forward switching and multiplexing of such probabilistically generated photons can be used to generate photons on demand if a sufficiently large number of modes are multiplexed. Schemes based on spatial and temporal multiplexing however suffer from prohibitive switching losses that significantly limit their performance. We implemented an alternative scheme based on frequency multiplexing that breaks this limitation. We used BS-FWM as a 'frequency switch' to multiplex frequency modes of a broadband probabilistic single-photon source. We demonstrated a 220\% enhancement in single-photon generation rate while maintaining low noise properties ($g^{(2)}$ = 0.07) essential for quantum applications. This approach has a unique potential to create a deterministic source of single photons on a chip-based integrated photonics platform. The next application we discuss is Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference with photons of distinct colors. In this work, we combine frequency-entangled photons generated on-chip together with Bragg-scattering four-wave mixing (BS-FWM) in fiber to demonstrate frequency-domain HOM interference with 95\% visibility. BS-FWM coherently couples distinct frequency modes while preserving all quantum properties of the input fields and can therefore be used to create an active, tunable 'frequency beam splitter (FBS)'. We observe a rich two-photon interference pattern including quantum beating, previously observed with cold-atomic systems. Remarkably, we observe high fidelity interference even though the photons propagate for much longer than their mutual coherence time, confirming that this is truly a two-photon interference phenomenon. In addition to fundamental novelty, this work establishes four-wave mixing as a tool for selective, high-fidelity two-photon operations in the frequency domain, which combined with integrated single photon sources provides a building block for frequency multiplexed photonic quantum networks. This demonstration will also enable applications such as frequency domain boson sampling, which we discuss in detail in this dissertation. Finally, we demonstrate a single-photon level time lens with picosecond resolution using BS-FWM. We discuss the conditions under which broadband phase-matching can be achieved with BS-FWM. A time lens draws on space-time duality and imparts a quadratic phase shift on the input signal. With this setup, we achieve a temporal magnification factor of 158 and resolve single-photon level pulses separated by 2.2 ps. Finally, we show that the temporal phase imparted by the BS-FWM pumps can be generalized to realize significantly more complex, unitary operations on broadband temporal models. In particular, we use numerical optimization via steepest gradient descent to demonstrate temporal mode sorting of field orthogonal but intensity overlapping Hermite-Gaussian temporal modes. These results show that BS-FWM is a powerful tool for temporal mode quantum processing at the single-photon level.

Quantum Control of Multi-Wave Mixing

Quantum Control of Multi-Wave Mixing
Author: Yanpeng Zhang
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2013-07-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527672389

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Multi-wave mixing gives rise to new frequency components due to the interaction of light signals with a suitable nonlinear medium. In this book a systematic framework for the control of these processes is used to lead readers through a plethora of related effects and techniques.

Elements of Quantum Optics

Elements of Quantum Optics
Author: Pierre Meystre
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662038773

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From the reviews: "This is a book that should be found in any physics library. It is extremely useful for all graduate students, Ph.D. students and researchers interested in the quantum physics of light." Optics & Photonics News

Coherent Control of Four-Wave Mixing

Coherent Control of Four-Wave Mixing
Author: Yanpeng Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2011-05-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642191150

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"Coherent Control of Four-Wave Mixing" discusses the frequency, temporal and spatial domain interplays of four-wave mixing (FWM) processes induced by atomic coherence in multi-level atomic systems. It covers topics in five major areas: the ultrafast FWM polarization beats due to interactions between multi-color laser beams and multi-level media; coexisting Raman-Rayleigh-Brillouin-enhanced polarization beats due to color-locking noisy field correlations; FWM processes with different kinds of dual-dressed schemes in ultra-thin, micrometer and long atomic cells; temporal and spatial interference between FWM and six-wave mixing (SWM) signals in multi-level electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) media; spatial displacements and splitting of the probe and generated FWM beams, as well as the observations of gap soliton trains, vortex solitons, and stable multicomponent vector solitons in the FWM signals. The book is intended for scientists, researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Nonlinear Optics. Dr. Yanpeng Zhang is a professor and Zhiqiang Nie is a Ph. D. student at the Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Min Xiao is a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, U.S.A.

Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII

Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII
Author: N.P. Bigelow
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 699
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1441989072

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The Eighth Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics was held on the campus of the University of Rochester during the period June 13-16,2001. This volume contains the proceedings of the meeting. The meeting was preceded by an affiliated conference, the International Conference on Quantum Information, with some overlapping sessions on June 13. The proceedings of the affiliated conference will be published separately by the Optical Society of America. A few papers that were presented in common plenary sessions of the two conferences will be published in both proceedings volumes. More than 268 scientists from 28 countries participated in the week long discussions and presentations. This Conference differed from the previous seven in the CQO series in several ways, the most important of which was the absence of Leonard Mandel. Professor Mandel died a few months before the conference. A special memorial symposium in his honor was held at the end of the conference. The presentations from that symposium are included in this proceedings volume. An innovation, that we believe made an important contribution to the conference, was the inclusion of a series of invited lectures chaired by CQO founder Emil Wolf, reviewing the history of the fields of coherence and quantum optics before about 1970. These were given by three prominent participants in the development of the field, C. Cohen-Tannoudji, 1. F. Clauser, and R. I. Glauber.

Coherent Control of Four-Wave Mixing

Coherent Control of Four-Wave Mixing
Author: Yanpeng Zhang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2011-05-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783642191145

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"Coherent Control of Four-Wave Mixing" discusses the frequency, temporal and spatial domain interplays of four-wave mixing (FWM) processes induced by atomic coherence in multi-level atomic systems. It covers topics in five major areas: the ultrafast FWM polarization beats due to interactions between multi-color laser beams and multi-level media; coexisting Raman-Rayleigh-Brillouin-enhanced polarization beats due to color-locking noisy field correlations; FWM processes with different kinds of dual-dressed schemes in ultra-thin, micrometer and long atomic cells; temporal and spatial interference between FWM and six-wave mixing (SWM) signals in multi-level electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) media; spatial displacements and splitting of the probe and generated FWM beams, as well as the observations of gap soliton trains, vortex solitons, and stable multicomponent vector solitons in the FWM signals. The book is intended for scientists, researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Nonlinear Optics. Dr. Yanpeng Zhang is a professor and Zhiqiang Nie is a Ph. D. student at the Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Dr. Min Xiao is a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, U.S.A.

Laser-Based Measurements for Time and Frequency Domain Applications

Laser-Based Measurements for Time and Frequency Domain Applications
Author: Pasquale Maddaloni
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 730
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439841535

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Foreword by Nobel laureate Professor Theodor W. Hch of Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätMunchenBased on the authors' experimental work over the last 25 years, Laser-Based Measurements for Time and Frequency Domain Applications: A Handbook presents basic concepts, state-of-the-art applications, and future trends in optical, atomic, and molecular physic

Multi-Wave Mixing Processes

Multi-Wave Mixing Processes
Author: Yanpeng Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2009-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540895280

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"Multi-Wave Mixing Processes - From Ultrafast Polarization Beats to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency" discusses the interactions of efficient multi-wave mixing (MWM) processes enhanced by atomic coherence in multilevel atomic systems. It covers topics in five major areas: attosecond and femtosecond polarization beats of four-wave mixing (FWM) processes; heterodyne detection of FWM, six-wave mixing (SWM) and eight-wave mixing (EWM) processes; Raman and Rayleigh enhanced polarization beats; coexistence and interactions of MWM processes via electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT); multi-dressing MWM processes. The book is intended for researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Nonlinear Optics. Dr. Yanpeng Zhang is a professor at the Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University. Dr. Min Xiao is a professor of Physics at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, U.S.A.

Photonic Quantum Technologies

Photonic Quantum Technologies
Author: Mohamed Benyoucef
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 910
Release: 2023-05-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527837434

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Photonic Quantum Technologies Brings together top-level research results to enable the development of practical quantum devices In Photonic Quantum Technologies: Science and Applications, the editor Mohamed Benyoucef and a team of distinguished scientists from different disciplines deliver an authoritative, one-stop overview of up-to-date research on various quantum systems. This unique book reviews the state-of-the-art research in photonic quantum technologies and bridges the fundamentals of the field with applications to provide readers from academia and industry, in one-location resource, with cutting-edge knowledge they need to have to understand and develop practical quantum systems for application in e.g., secure quantum communication, quantum metrology, and quantum computing. The book also addresses fundamental and engineering challenges en route to workable quantum devices and ways to circumvent or overcome them. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the fundamentals of quantum technologies, including discussions of the second quantum revolution (by Nobel Laureate Alain Aspect), solid-state quantum optics, and non-classical light and quantum entanglement Comprehensive explorations of emerging quantum technologies and their practical applications, including quantum repeaters, satellite-based quantum communication, quantum networks, silicon quantum photonics, integrated quantum systems, and future vision Practical discussions of quantum technologies with artificial atoms, color centers, 2D materials, molecules, atoms, ions, and optical clocks Perfect for molecular and solid-state physicists, Photonic Quantum Technologies: Science and Applications will also benefit industrial and academic researchers in photonics and quantum optics, graduate students in the field; engineers, chemists, and computer and material scientists.

Quantum Optics

Quantum Optics
Author: D.F. Walls
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2008-01-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540285733

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The formalism of quantum optics is elucidated in the early chapters and the main techniques are introduced. These are applied in the later chapters to problems such as squeezed states of light, resonance fluorescence, laser theory, quantum theory of four-wave mixing, quantum non-demolition measurements, Bell's inequalities, and atom optics. Experimental results are used to illustrate the theory throughout. This yields the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of experiment and theory in quantum optics in any textbook.