Article
Optics
Henning Stark, Joachim Buldt, Michael Mueller, Arno Klenke, Jens Limpert
Summary: The research introduces an ultrafast fiber chirped-pulse amplification laser system based on 16 ytterbium-doped rod-type amplifiers, capable of generating high-energy, short-pulse lasers. By implementing helium protection and a two-stage chirped-pulse amplification method, the beam quality is maintained close to the diffraction limit.
Article
Optics
Shixiang Wang, Chenhui Lu, Zhengquan Fan, Aurelien Houard, Vladimir Tikhonchuk, Andre Mysyrowicz, Songlin Zhuang, Vasily A. Kostin, Yi Liu
Summary: The study demonstrates coherent control of nitrogen molecules ionization by femtosecond laser, with phase shifts between three laser colors affecting ionization degree. The observations suggest competition between different parametric channels influencing the ionization process.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Andreas Ask, Goran Johansson
Summary: The paper investigates the steady state behavior of an open quantum system in a non-Markovian environment. By studying a driven two-level system in a semi-infinite waveguide, it is found that non-Markovian states exhibit exotic behaviors such as population inversion and steady-state coherence beyond what is possible in the Markovian regime.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hong-Yi Lei, Fang-Zheng Sun, Tian-Ze Wang, Hao Chen, Dan Wang, Yan-Yu Wei, Jing-Long Ma, Guo-Qian Liao, Yu-Tong Li
Summary: This research focuses on the highly efficient production of millijoule-level terahertz pulses by irradiating the rear side of a metal foil with a 10-TW femtosecond laser pulse. By analyzing the terahertz and electron emission and conducting particle-in-cell simulations, the physical reasons for the efficient terahertz generation are discussed. The resulting focused terahertz electric field strength exceeding 2 GV/m is experimentally justified.
Article
Physics, Applied
Gabriel Margiani, Sebastian Guerrero, Toni L. Heugel, Christian Marty, Raphael Pachlatko, Thomas Gisler, Gabrielle D. Vukasin, Hyun-Keun Kwon, James M. L. Miller, Nicholas E. Bousse, Thomas W. Kenny, Oded Zilberberg, Deividas Sabonis, Alexander Eichler
Summary: The Kerr Parametric Oscillator (KPO) is a nonlinear resonator system that behaves like a synthetic two-level system. It switches between two states in phase space via fluctuating trajectories, instead of moving along a straight path. To address the issue, several rate counting methods are compared to estimate the lifetime of the levels. It is found that the peak in the Allan variance of fluctuations can also be used to determine the lifetime of the levels. This work provides a foundation for characterizing KPO networks in simulated annealing, where accurate determination of state lifetime is crucial.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Ajanta Barh, Alexander Nussbaum-Lapping, Jonas Heidrich, Marco Gaulke, Matthias Golling, Christopher R. Phillips, Ursula Keller
Summary: We have developed a dual-modelocked femtosecond oscillator that operates at wavelengths beyond 2 pm. This laser utilizes a Cr:ZnS gain medium, an InGaSb SESAM for modelocking, and a reflective device for spatial duplexing of the pulse trains. The laser achieves a FWHM spectral bandwidth of 30 nm, average power over 200 mW, and pulse duration close to 200 fs at a wavelength of 2.36 pm. The stable modelocked pulses can be produced over a wide range of output powers, making it suitable for dual-comb applications above 2 pm.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wei Wu, Ze-Zhou Zhang
Summary: The study shows that the decay rate of a two-level system interacting with a dissipative environment can be significantly suppressed by introducing an ancillary degree of freedom, offering an alternative way to combat decoherence and achieve controllable quantum dissipative dynamics.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Optics
J. Shin, I. Ivanov, W. Cho, R. Shrestha, K. T. Kim
Summary: In this study, we demonstrate the temporal characterization of a two-color laser field using multiple ionization yield measurements, including the relative phase between the two frequency components.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Gilbert Reinisch
Summary: By using optical frequency combs, it is possible to control the state of a two-level quantum system through a two-photon stimulated Raman process. If the energy gap between the two levels is a multiple of the laser's repetition rate, resonant Rabi oscillations are excited, generating a series of narrow spectral lines.
RESULTS IN PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Philipp Taschler, Lucius Miller, Filippos Kapsalidis, Mattias Beck, Jerome Faist
Summary: By leveraging the picosecond carrier dynamics observed in quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), we have successfully generated 33 ps optical pulses with watt-level peak power using short electrical excitations. Optical injection seeding ensured lasing on a single resonator mode, and the resulting pulses were characterized in both time and frequency domains. These results open new pathways for the generation of highly tunable, high power mid-infrared pulses from a monolithic source.
Article
Optics
Ning Zhang, Zhanxin Wang, Shande Liu, Wei Jing, Hui Huang, Zixuan Huang, Kangzhen Tian, Zhiyong Yang, Yongguang Zhao, Uwe Griebner, Valentin Petrov, Weidong Chen
Summary: In this study, a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror mode-locked Tm:(Lu,Sc)(2)O-3 ceramic laser pumped by a Raman fiber laser was reported. The laser achieved an average output power of 1.02 W at 2060 nm with 280-fs transform-limited pulses. Additionally, the research demonstrates the potential application of the ceramic material in power scaling of femtosecond mode-locked bulk lasers emitting in the 2-μm spectral range.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
W. I. L. Lawrie, M. Rimbach-Russ, F. van Riggelen, N. W. Hendrickx, S. L. de Snoo, A. Sammak, G. Scappucci, J. Helsen, M. Veldhorst
Summary: As quantum processors scale up, the accurate characterization of errors due to crosstalks between qubits is important. This study presents a novel benchmarking protocol to analyze single-gate fidelities in a 2x2 hole spin qubit array in germanium. The results show high gate fidelities and robustness to crosstalk errors, providing crucial information for scaling up quantum information technology.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Leonard Ruocco, Mona Berciu, Jeff F. Young
Summary: Electromagnetically coupled two-level systems have been studied for their role in quantum information processing applications in condensed matter. In this study, the influence of phonon excitations on the electromagnetic response of these systems is investigated, including the effects of phonon-assisted transitions and lifetime broadening. The results reveal the impact of the phonon frequency distribution on the spectral weight of the zero-phonon transition and the phonon sidebands, as well as the broadening of the zero-phonon line due to nondiagonal electron-phonon coupling. This study emphasizes the importance of considering both forms of electron-phonon coupling in the analysis of these systems, and provides a formalism that can be extended to higher orders of coupling and realistic phonon spectral functions.
Article
Optics
Stanislaw Kurzyna, Marcin Jastrzebski, Nicolas Fabre, Wojciech Wasilewski, Michal Lipka, Michal Parniak
Summary: In this study, a pulse characterization scheme is introduced to characterize ultrafast pulses at the single-photon level without the need for nonlinear effects. The method utilizes controlled time and frequency shifts implemented via an electro-optic modulator for fully-electronic experimental control. The full spectral and temporal width of classical and single-photon-level pulses is successfully characterized.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Adam Widomski, Stanislaw Stopinski, Krzysztof Anders, Ryszard Piramidowicz, Michal Karpinski
Summary: In this paper, we present a indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuit that allows accurate control of the temporal and spectral profiles of optical pulses generated at the telecom wavelengths. The device enables simultaneous temporally and spectrally resolved measurements using single photon counting and has applications in multidimensional time-frequency quantum key distribution.
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Jin-Yi Zhang, Chang-Rui Yi, Long Zhang, Rui-Heng Jiao, Kai-Ye Shi, Huan Yuan, Wei Zhang, Xiong-Jun Liu, Shuai Chen, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: Floquet engineering allows for the creation of new topological states that cannot be achieved in static systems. In this study, we experimentally realize and characterize anomalous topological states using high-precision Floquet engineering for ultracold atoms trapped in a shaking optical Raman lattice.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Hao-Tao Zhu, Yizhi Huang, Hui Liu, Pei Zeng, Mi Zou, Yunqi Dai, Shibiao Tang, Hao Li, Lixing You, Zhen Wang, Yu-Ao Chen, Xiongfeng Ma, Teng-Yun Chen, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: In the past two decades, quantum key distribution networks based on telecom fibers have been implemented on metropolitan and intercity scales. One of the challenges is the exponential decay of the key rate with transmission distance. However, a recently proposed mode-pairing idea has allowed high-performance quantum key distribution without global phase locking, achieving improved key rates over conventional schemes in both metropolitan and intercity distances.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Nikolai B. Chichkov, Amit Yadav, Franck Joulain, Solenn Cozic, Semyon V. Smirnov, Leon Shterengas, Julian Scheuermann, Robert Weih, Johannes Koeth, Sven Hofling, Ulf Hinze, Samuel Poulain, Edik U. Rafailov
Summary: Building upon recent advances in GaSb-based diode lasers and Er-doped fluoride fibre technologies, this article demonstrates the fibre-based amplification of mid infrared diode lasers around 2.78 μm for the first time. The experimental results show output powers up to 0.9 W, pulse durations as short as 20 ns, and pulse repetition rates up to 1 MHz. Additionally, the impact of different fibre end-cap materials on laser performance is analyzed.
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Michael D. Fraser, H. Hoe Tan, Yago del Valle Inclan Redondo, Hima Kavuri, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Christian Schneider, Sven Hoefling, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Seigo Tarucha
Summary: The use of high energy proton implantation allows for precise and independent manipulation of both exciton and photon energies in GaAs microcavity exciton-polaritons. This technique involves post-growth proton implantation and annealing steps to induce small local interdiffusion, resulting in energy shifts in exciton or photon components. The polariton mode can be tuned by more than 10 meV, altering the effective mass for photon and exciton energy shifts, while maintaining narrow-linewidth polariton emission and condensation.
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Xinran Chu, Maoxiang Qian, Jin Yang, Dong Wu, Jing Gao, Lu Cao, Fang Fang, Jian Pan, Hui Zhang, Shaoyan Hu
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the influence of GATA3 rs3824662 on pre-B-cell ALL susceptibility and long-term prognosis in Han Chinese children. The results showed that GATA3 rs3824662 was associated with susceptibility to pre-B-cell ALL and could be a risk factor for poor treatment response and treatment-related sepsis.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Mei Yan, Jian Pan, Jie Huang, Changwei Liu, Xiaona Xia, Ting Zhu, Yuanyuan Wan, Yongjun Fang, Weibing Tang
Summary: This study evaluated the nutritional status of children who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) in the first 100 days. The study aimed to clarify the effect of weight loss on clinical outcomes and to analyze factors influencing weight loss. Data from 80 pediatric patients were collected and analyzed to investigate the factors affecting weight loss and the impact of weight loss on clinical outcomes.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Physics, Applied
Quirin Buchinger, Simon Betzold, Sven Hoefling, Tobias Huber-Loyola
Summary: We conducted an optical study on various device designs of electrically contactable circular Bragg grating cavities in labyrinth geometries. In order to establish an electrical connection between the central disk and the surrounding membrane, we introduced connections between the adjacent rings separated by air gaps. By rotating these connections to create a labyrinth-like structure, we improved mode confinement, far-field pattern, and Purcell factor compared to layouts with connections arranged in straight lines. Reflectivity measurements and simulations were conducted to investigate the effects of different arrangements and sizes of connections on the optical properties and to determine the optimal design.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Jian Qin, Yu-Hao Deng, Han-Sen Zhong, Li-Chao Peng, Hao Su, Yi-Han Luo, Jia-Min Xu, Dian Wu, Si-Qiu Gong, Hua-Liang Liu, Hui Wang, Ming-Cheng Chen, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Chao-Yang Lu, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: Quantum metrology aims to enhance measurement sensitivity by utilizing quantum resources. We propose and realize a novel quantum metrology scheme that combines unconventional nonlinear interferometers and stimulated emission of squeezed light. Our method achieves a scalable, unconditional, and robust quantum metrological advantage, outperforming ideal 5-N00N states. The demonstrated enhancement in Fisher information per photon, without discounting for imperfections or photon loss, makes our approach applicable in practical quantum metrology at low photon flux regime.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Li-Zheng Liu, Yue-Yang Fei, Yingqiu Mao, Yi Hu, Rui Zhang, Xu-Fei Yin, Xiao Jiang, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Feihu Xu, Yu-Ao Chen, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: In this study, a full-period quantum phase estimation approach is proposed and demonstrated. The approach adopts Kitaev's phase estimation algorithm to eliminate phase ambiguity and uses GHZ states to obtain phase values. Through an eight-photon experiment, the estimation of unknown phases in a full period is achieved, and the phase super-resolution and sensitivity beyond the shot-noise limit are observed. This research provides a new way for quantum sensing and represents a solid step towards its general applications.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Chong Ying, Bin Cheng, Youwei Zhao, He-Liang Huang, Yu-Ning Zhang, Ming Gong, Yulin Wu, Shiyu Wang, Futian Liang, Jin Lin, Yu Xu, Hui Deng, Hao Rong, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Man -Hong Yung, Xiaobo Zhu, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: Although NISQ quantum computing devices are still limited in terms of qubit quantity and quality, quantum computational advantage has been experimentally demonstrated. Hybrid quantum and classical computing architectures have become the main paradigm for exhibiting NISQ applications, with the use of low-depth quantum circuits. This study demonstrates a circuit-cutting method for simulating quantum circuits with multiple logical qubits using only a few physical superconducting qubits, showcasing higher fidelity and scalability.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yu-Hao Deng, Si-Qiu Gong, Yi-Chao Gu, Zhi-Jiong Zhang, Hua-Liang Liu, Hao Su, Hao-Yang Tang, Jia-Min Xu, Meng-Hao Jia, Ming-Cheng Chen, Han-Sen Zhong, Hui Wang, Jiarong Yan, Yi Hu, Jia Huang, Wei -Jun Zhang, Hao Li, Xiao Jiang, Lixing You, Zhen Wang, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Chao -Yang Lu, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: Gaussian boson sampling (GBS) is a protocol for demonstrating quantum computational advantage and is mathematically associated with graph-related and quantum chemistry problems. This study investigates the enhancement of GBS over classical stochastic algorithms on noisy quantum devices in the computationally interesting regime. Experimental results show the presence of GBS enhancement with a large photon-click number and robustness under certain noise, which may stimulate the development of more efficient classical and quantum-inspired algorithms.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Instruments & Instrumentation
Chao Yu, Tianyi Li, Xian-Song Zhao, Hai Lu, Rong Zhang, Feihu Xu, Jun Zhang, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: In this study, a 4H-SiC single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) based free-running ultraviolet single-photon detector (UVSPD) with ultralow afterpulse probability is reported. A beveled mesa structure is designed and fabricated for the 4H-SiC SPAD, which shows the characteristic of ultralow dark current. A readout circuit of passive quenching and active reset with a tunable hold-off time setting is further developed to significantly suppress the afterpulsing effect. The nonuniformity of photon detection efficiency (PDE) across the SPAD active area is investigated for performance optimization. The compact UVSPD shows a PDE of 10.3%, a dark count rate of 133 kcps, and an afterpulse probability of 0.3% at 266 nm, indicating its potential for practical ultraviolet photon-counting applications.
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Run-Ze Liu, Yu-Kun Qiao, Han-Sen Zhong, Zhen-Xuan Ge, Hui Wang, Tung-Hsun Chung, Chao-Yang Lu, Yong-Heng Huo, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: Semiconductor quantum dots have demonstrated deterministic photon pair generation with high polarization entanglement fidelity for quantum information applications. However, the limited photon indistinguishability due to temporal correlation hinders their scalability to multi-photon experiments. In this study, by utilizing quantum interferences to decouple polarization entanglement from temporal correlation, the entanglement fidelity of four-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state is improved. This work paves the way for realizing scalable and high-quality multi-photon states from quantum dots.
Article
Quantum Science & Technology
Xina Wang, Xufeng Jiao, Bin Wang, Yang Liu, Xiu-Ping Xie, Ming-Yang Zheng, Qiang Zhang, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: This study demonstrates a low-noise quantum frequency conversion (QFC) process on the LNOI nanophotonic platform, achieving an internal conversion efficiency of 73% and an on-chip noise count of 900 counts per second (cps). The preservation of quantum statistical properties is also verified, indicating the potential applications of LNOI integrated circuits in quantum information. Additionally, an upconversion single-photon detector with a detection efficiency of 8.7% and a noise of 300 cps is constructed, paving the way for on-chip integrated single-photon detection.
NPJ QUANTUM INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Guo-Xian Su, Hui Sun, Ana Hudomal, Jean-Yves Desaules, Zhao-Yu Zhou, Bing Yang, Jad C. Halimeh, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Zlatko Papie, Jian-Wei Pan
Summary: The ongoing quest for understanding nonequilibrium dynamics of complex quantum systems has led to the discovery of quantum many-body scarring. This phenomenon allows for the delay of thermalization by preparing the system in special initial states. In this study, the researchers demonstrate many-body scarring in a Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator, using previously unknown initial conditions. This work opens up new possibilities for exploring the relationship between scarring and various quantum phenomena.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2023)