scholarly journals Spectrally reconfigurable quantum emitters enabled by optimized fast modulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniil M. Lukin ◽  
Alexander D. White ◽  
Rahul Trivedi ◽  
Melissa A. Guidry ◽  
Naoya Morioka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Emission ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Matrix Formalism ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Silicon Vacancy ◽  
Spectral Control

Abstract The ability to shape photon emission facilitates strong photon-mediated interactions between disparate physical systems, thereby enabling applications in quantum information processing, simulation and communication. Spectral control in solid state platforms such as color centers, rare earth ions, and quantum dots is particularly attractive for realizing such applications on-chip. Here we propose the use of frequency-modulated optical transitions for spectral engineering of single photon emission. Using a scattering-matrix formalism, we find that a two-level system, when modulated faster than its optical lifetime, can be treated as a single-photon source with a widely reconfigurable photon spectrum that is amenable to standard numerical optimization techniques. To enable the experimental demonstration of this spectral control scheme, we investigate the Stark tuning properties of the silicon vacancy in silicon carbide, a color center with promise for optical quantum information processing technologies. We find that the silicon vacancy possesses excellent spectral stability and tuning characteristics, allowing us to probe its fast modulation regime, observe the theoretically-predicted two-photon correlations, and demonstrate spectral engineering. Our results suggest that frequency modulation is a powerful technique for the generation of new light states with unprecedented control over the spectral and temporal properties of single photons.

scholarly journals Bogoliubov quasiparticles in superconducting qubits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Glazman ◽  
Gianluigi Catelani
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Photon Emission ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Superconducting Qubits ◽  
Relaxation Rates ◽  
Circuit Qed

Extending the qubit coherence times is a crucial task in building quantum information processing devices. In the three-dimensional cavity implementations of circuit QED, the coherence of superconducting qubits was improved dramatically due to cutting the losses associated with the photon emission. Next frontier in improving the coherence includes the mitigation of the adverse effects of superconducting quasiparticles. In these lectures, we review the basics of the quasiparticles dynamics, their interaction with the qubit degree of freedom, their contribution to the qubit relaxation rates, and approaches to control their effect.

scholarly journals Optical Chirality and Single-Photon Isolation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Tang ◽  
Keyu Xia
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Kerr Nonlinearity ◽  
Single Photons ◽  
Optical Isolation ◽  
Optical Chirality ◽  
Magneto Optical Effect ◽  
Quantum Optical

Optical isolation is important for protecting a laser from damage due to the detrimental back reflection of light. It typically relies on breaking Lorentz reciprocity and normally is achieved via the Faraday magneto-optical effect, requiring a strong external magnetic field. Single-photon isolation, the quantum counterpart of optical isolation, is the key functional component in quantum information processing, but its realization is challenging. In this chapter, we present all-optical schemes for isolating the backscattering from single photons. In the first scheme, we show the single-photon isolation can be realized by using a chiral quantum optical system, in which a quantum emitter asymmetrically couples to nanowaveguide modes or whispering-gallery modes with high optical chirality. Secondly, we propose a chiral optical Kerr nonlinearity to bypass the so-called dynamical reciprocity in nonlinear optics and then achieve room-temperature photon isolation with low insertion loss. The concepts we present may pave the way for quantum information processing in an unconventional way.

scholarly journals DECOHERENCE-FREE QUANTUM MEMORY FOR PHOTONIC STATE USING ATOMIC ENSEMBLES

2009 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 811-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
FENG MEI ◽  
YA-FEI YU ◽  
ZHI-MING ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Quantum Memory ◽  
Single Photon Detection ◽  
Atomic Ensembles ◽  
Optical Elements ◽  
Photonic State

Large scale quantum information processing requires stable and long-lived quantum memories. Here, using atom-photon entanglement, we propose an experimentally feasible scheme to realize decoherence-free quantum memory with atomic ensembles, and show one of its applications, remote transfer of unknown quantum state, based on laser manipulation of atomic ensembles, photonic state operation through optical elements, and single-photon detection with moderate efficiency. The scheme, with inherent fault-tolerance to the practical noise and imperfections, allows one to retrieve the information in the memory for further quantum information processing within the reach of current technology.

Single-photon counters in the telecom wavelength region of 1550 nm for quantum information processing

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (13) ◽  
pp. 1983-1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Bourennane ◽  
Anders Karlsson ◽  
Juan Pena Ciscar ◽  
Markus Mathés
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Wavelength Region ◽  
Telecom Wavelength

scholarly journals Synchronization of optical photons for quantum information processing

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. e1501772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenzo Makino ◽  
Yosuke Hashimoto ◽  
Jun-ichi Yoshikawa ◽  
Hideaki Ohdan ◽  
Takeshi Toyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
High Purity ◽  
Quantum Interference ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Optical Photons ◽  
Storage Times ◽  
First Time

A fundamental element of quantum information processing with photonic qubits is the nonclassical quantum interference between two photons when they bunch together via the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect. Ultimately, many such photons must be processed in complex interferometric networks. For this purpose, it is essential to synchronize the arrival times of the flying photons and to keep their purities high. On the basis of the recent experimental success of single-photon storage with high purity, we demonstrate for the first time the HOM interference of two heralded, nearly pure optical photons synchronized through two independent quantum memories. Controlled storage times of up to 1.8 μs for about 90 events per second were achieved with purities that were sufficiently high for a negative Wigner function confirmed with homodyne measurements.

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