Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Processing

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).

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Interests: quantum thermodynamics; open quantum systems; quantum optics and quantum information processing; foundations of quantum mehcanics; cavity quantum optomechanics and electrodynamics

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Dear Colleagues,

This special issue of Photonics journal will focus on new and exciting results in the field of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Processing, as well as review some of the key achievements in this area that have occurred in the past few years. As our ability to control and manipulate the state of quantum mechanical systems improves at a steady pace, the grounding of a new paradigm for technological devices exploiting the rules of quantum mechanics becomes more and more a reality. The day that we will be able to use genuine quantum technology appears to be not too far away.

This special issue of the Photonics journal covers a large scope of research Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Processing, and solicits contributions in, but not limited to:

  • Experimental quantum computation and simulation
  • Quantum nonlinear optics
  • Quantum imaging
  • Quantum communication
  • Preparation of non-classical states of light and matter
  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics and optomechanics
  • Quantum plasmonics for quantum information processing
  • Quantum estimation and quantum metrology

Professor Mauro Paternostro
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Keywords

  • quantum computation and quantum simulation
  • quantum communication
  • linear and nonlinear optics
  • matter-light interaction
  • quantum plasmonics
  • quantum optomechanics
  • quantum metrology and quantum estimation theory
  • quantum control

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Objectivisation In Simplified Quantum Brownian Motion Models
by Jan Tuziemski and Jarek K. Korbicz
Photonics 2015, 2(1), 228-240; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/photonics2010228 - 13 Feb 2015
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The birth of objective properties from the subjective quantum world has been one of the key questions in the quantum-to-classical transition. Based on recent results in the field, we study it in a quantum mechanical model of a boson-boson interaction—quantum Brownian motion. Using [...] Read more.
The birth of objective properties from the subjective quantum world has been one of the key questions in the quantum-to-classical transition. Based on recent results in the field, we study it in a quantum mechanical model of a boson-boson interaction—quantum Brownian motion. Using various simplifications, we prove a formation for thermal environments of, so called, spectrum broadcast structures, responsible for perceived objectivity. In the quantum measurement limit we prove that this structure is always formed, providing the characteristic timescales. Including self-Hamiltonians of the environment, we show the exponential scaling of the effect with the size of the environment. Finally, in the full model we numerically study the influence of squeezing in the initial state of the environment, showing broader regions of formation than for non-squeezed thermal states. Full article
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Squeezed Phonon Wave Packet Generation by Optical Manipulation of a Quantum Dot
by Daniel Wigger, Sebastian Lüker, Vollrath M. Axt, Doris E. Reiter and Tilmann Kuhn
Photonics 2015, 2(1), 214-227; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/photonics2010214 - 12 Feb 2015
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In solid-state physics, the quantized lattice vibrations, i.e., the phonons, play a vital role. Phonons, much like photons, satisfy bosonic commutation relations, and therefore, various concepts well-known in quantum optics can be transferred to the emerging field of phononics. Examples are non-classical states [...] Read more.
In solid-state physics, the quantized lattice vibrations, i.e., the phonons, play a vital role. Phonons, much like photons, satisfy bosonic commutation relations, and therefore, various concepts well-known in quantum optics can be transferred to the emerging field of phononics. Examples are non-classical states and, in particular, squeezed states. We discuss the generation of phonon squeezing by optically exciting a quantum dot and show that by excitation with detuned continuous wave laser fields, sequences of squeezed phonon wave packets are created, which are emitted from the quantum dot region into the surrounding material. Full article
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