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Publications (227)

quant-ph2014

Entanglement-based continuous-variable quantum key distribution with multimode states and detectors

Vladyslav C. Usenko, Laszlo Ruppert, Radim Filip

Secure quantum key distribution with multimode Gaussian entangled states and multimode homodyne detectors is proposed. In general the multimode character of both the sources of ent…

quant-ph2014

Efficiency vs. multi-photon contribution test for quantum dots

Ana Predojevic, Miroslav Jezek, Tobias Huber +5

The development of linear quantum computing within integrated circuits demands high quality semiconductor single photon sources. In particular, for a reliable single photon source…

quant-ph2023

Efficient OPA tomography of non-Gaussian states of light

Éva Rácz, László Ruppert, Radim Filip

Current advances in nonlinear optics have made it possible to perform a homodyne-like tomography of an unknown state without highly efficient detectors or a strong local oscillator…

quant-ph2010

Noise-Powered Probabilistic Concentration of Phase Information

Mario A. Usuga, Christian R. Mueller, Christoffer Wittmann +5

Phase insensitive optical amplification of an unknown quantum state is known to be a fundamentally noisy operation that inevitably adds noise to the amplified state [1 - 5]. Howeve…

quant-ph2025

Nonlinear stochastic and quantum motion from Coulomb forces

Luca Ornigotti, Darren W. Moore, Radim Filip

Controllable nonlinear quantum interactions are a much sought after target for modern quantum technologies. They are typically difficult and costly to engineer for bespoke purposes…

quant-ph2014

Nonlocal quantum gate on quantum continuous variables with minimum resources

Shota Yokoyama, Ryuji Ukai, Jun-ichi Yoshikawa +3

We experimentally demonstrate, with an all-optical setup, a nonlocal deterministic quantum non-demolition interaction gate applicable to quantum states at nodes separated by a phys…

quant-ph2026

Qubit-parity interference despite unknown interaction phases

Kratveer Singh, Kimin Park, Vojtěch Švarc +5

Quantum interference between interacting systems is fundamental to basic science and quantum technology, but it typically requires precise control of the interaction phases of lase…

quant-ph2021

Stroboscopic high-order nonlinearity for quantum optomechanics

Andrey A. Rakhubovsky, Radim Filip

High-order quantum nonlinearity is an important prerequisite for the advanced quantum technology leading to universal quantum processing with large information capacity of continuo…

quant-ph2016

Heralded Source of Bright Multi-mode Mesoscopic Sub-Poissonian Light

Timur Sh. Iskhakov, Vladyslav C. Usenko, Ulrik L. Andersen +3

In a direct detection scheme we observed 7.8 dB of twin-beam squeezing for multi-mode two-color squeezed vacuum generated via parametric down conversion. Applying post-selection, w…

quant-ph2024

Experimental certification of level dynamics in single-photon emitters

Luk\' aš Lachman, Ilya P. Radko, Maxime Bergamin +2

Emitters of single-photons are essential resources for emerging quantum technologies and developed within different platforms including nonlinear optics, atomic and solid-state sys…

quant-ph2021

Cross talk compensation in multimode continuous-variable entanglement distribution

Olena Kovalenko, Vladyslav C. Usenko, Radim Filip

Two-mode squeezed states are scalable and robust entanglement resources for continuous-variable and hybrid quantum information protocols at a distance. We consider the effect of a…

quant-ph2012

Entanglement of Gaussian states and the applicability to quantum key distribution over fading channels

Vladyslav C. Usenko, Bettina Heim, Christian Peuntinger +4

Entanglement properties of Gaussian states of light as well as the security of continuous variable quantum key distribution with Gaussian states in free-space fading channels are s…

quant-ph2021

Quantum non-Gaussian Photon Coincidences

Lukáš Lachman, Radim Filip

Photon coincidences represent an important resource for quantum technologies. They expose nonlinear quantum processes in matter and are essential for sources of entanglement. We de…

quant-ph2022

Taming numerical errors in simulations of continuous variable non-Gaussian state preparation

Jan Provazník, Radim Filip, Petr Marek

Numerical simulation of continuous variable quantum state preparation is a necessary tool for optimization of existing quantum information processing protocols. A powerful instrume…

quant-ph2021

Frequency multiplexed entanglement for continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Olena Kovalenko, Young-Sik Ra, Yin Cai +4

Quantum key distribution with continuous variables already uses advantageous high-speed single-mode homodyne detection with low electronic noise at room temperature. Together with…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

Tunable phonon induced steady state coherence in a double quantum dot

Archak Purkayastha, Giacomo Guarnieri, Mark T. Mitchison +2

Charge qubits can be created and manipulated in solid-state double-quantum-dot (DQD) platforms. Typically, these systems are strongly affected by quantum noise stemming from coupli…

quant-ph2023

Qubit-environment entanglement in time-dependent pure dephasing

Małgorzata Strzałka, Radim Filip, Katarzyna Roszak

We show that the methods for quantification of system-environment entanglement that were recently developed for interactions that lead to pure decoherence of the system can be stra…

quant-ph2016

Quantum non-Gaussianity from a large ensemble of single photon emitters

Lukáš Lachman, Radim Filip

Quantum attributes of light have been related to non-classicality so far, i. e. to incompatibility with mixtures of coherent states. The progress in quantum optics indicates that t…

quant-ph2020

Stationary Gaussian Entanglement between Levitated Nanoparticles

Anil Kumar Chauhan, Ondřej Černotík, Radim Filip

Coherent scattering of photons is a novel mechanism of optomechanical coupling for optically levitated nanoparticles promising strong, versatile interactions with light and between…

quant-ph2014

Experimental realization of a dynamic squeezing gate

Kazunori Miyata, Hisashi Ogawa, Petr Marek +4

Squeezing is a nonlinear Gaussian operation that is the key component in construction of other nonlinear Gaussian gates. In our implementation of the squeezing gate, the amount and…

quant-ph2018

Steady-state coherences by composite system-bath interactions

Giacomo Guarnieri, Michal Kolar, Radim Filip

We identify sufficient conditions on the structure of the interaction Hamiltonian between a two-level quantum system and a thermal bath which, without any external drive or coheren…

quant-ph2001

Phase-selective reversible quantum decoherence in cavity QED experiment

Radim Filip

New feasible cavity QED experiment is proposed to analyse reversible quantum decoherence in consequence of quantum complementarity and entanglement. Utilizing the phase selective m…

quant-ph2021

Quantum non-Gaussianity criteria based on vacuum probabilities of original and attenuated state

Jaromír Fiurášek, Lukáš Lachman, Radim Filip

Quantum non-Gaussian states represent an important class of highly non-classical states whose preparation requires quantum operations or measurements beyond the class of Gaussian o…

quant-ph2024

A many-particle bosonic quantum Maxwell demon

Josef Hloušek, Tobias Denzler, Vojtěch Švarc +3

Energy extraction from a measured quantum system is a cornerstone of information thermodynamics as illustrated by Maxwell's demon. The nonequilibrium physics of many-particle syste…

quant-ph2022

Tuneable Gaussian entanglement in levitated nanoparticle arrays

Anil Kumar Chauhan, Ondřej Černotík, Radim Filip

Nanoparticles trapped in optical tweezers emerged as an interesting platform for investigating fundamental effects in quantum physics. The ability to shape the optical trapping pot…

quant-ph2024

Entanglement growth via splitting of a few thermal quanta

Pradip Laha, Darren W. Moore, Radim Filip

Quanta splitting is an essential generator of Gaussian entanglement, exemplified by Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen states and apparently the most commonly occurring form of entanglement.…

quant-ph2016

Squeezer-based pulsed optomechanical interface

Andrey A. Rakhubovsky, Nikita Vostrosablin, Radim Filip

We prove feasibility of high-fidelity pulsed optomechanical interface based on all-optical presqueezing of non-Gaussian quantum states of light before they enter the optomechanical…

quant-ph2019

Nonclassical states of levitated macroscopic objects beyond the ground state

Andrey A. Rakhubovsky, Darren W. Moore, Radim Filip

The preparation of nonclassical states of mechanical motion conclusively proves that control over such motion has reached the quantum level. We investigate ways to achieve nonclass…

quant-ph2016

Estimation of covariance matrix of macroscopic quantum states

László Ruppert, Vladyslav C. Usenko, Radim Filip

For systems analogous to a linear harmonic oscillator, the simplest way to characterize the state is by a covariance matrix containing the symmetrically-ordered moments of operator…

quant-ph2024

Strategies and trade-offs for controllability and memory time of ultra-high-quality microwave cavities in circuit QED

Iivari Pietikäinen, Ondřej Černotík, Alec Eickbusch +4

Three-dimensional microwave cavity resonators have been shown to reach lifetimes of the order of a second by maximizing the cavity volume relative to its surface, using better mate…

quant-ph2014

Quantum non-Gaussian Depth of Single-Photon States

Ivo Straka, Ana Predojević, Tobias Huber +8

We introduce and experimentally explore the concept of quantum non-Gaussian depth of single-photon states with a positive Wigner function. The depth measures the robustness of a si…

quant-ph2022

Single-mode Quantum Non-Gaussian Light from Warm Atoms

Jaromír Mika, Lukáš Lachman, Tomáš Lamich +2

The distributed quantum information processing and hybridization of quantum platforms raises increasing demands on the quality of light-matter interaction and realization of effici…

quant-ph2022

Pairwise Measurement Induced Synthesis of Quantum Coherence

Mariia Gumberidze, Michal Kolář, Radim Filip

Quantum coherent superpositions of states with different energies, i.e., states with coherence with respect to energy basis, are important resource for modern quantum technologies.…

quant-ph2014

Noiseless conditional teleportation of a single photon

Maria Fuwa, Shunsuke Toba, Shuntaro Takeda +6

We experimentally demonstrate the noiseless teleportation of a single photon by conditioning on quadrature Bell measurement results near the origin in phase space and thereby circu…

quant-ph2000

Entanglement of coherent states and decoherence

Radim Filip, Jaroslav Rehacek, Miloslav Dusek

A possibility to produce entangled superpositions of strong coherent states is discussed. A recent proposal by Howell and Yazell [Phys. Rev. A 62, 012102 (2000)] of a device which…

quant-ph2025

Hierarchical Verification of Non-Gaussian Coherence in Bosonic Quantum States

Beate E. Asenbeck, Lukáš Lachman, Ambroise Boyer +4

Non-Gaussianity, a distinctive characteristic of bosonic quantum states, is pivotal in advancing quantum networks, fault-tolerant quantum computing, and high-precision metrology. V…

quant-ph2006

Optical implementation of the encoding of two qubits to a single qutrit

Lucie Bartuskova, Antonin Cernoch, Radim Filip +3

We have devised an optical scheme for the recently proposed protocol for encoding two qubits into one qutrit. In this protocol, Alice encodes an arbitrary pure product state of two…

quant-ph2024

Experimental quantum non-Gaussian coincidences of entangled photons

Run-Ze Liu, Yu-Kun Qiao, Lukáš Lachman +7

Quantum non-Gaussianity, a more potent and highly useful form of nonclassicality, excludes all convex mixtures of Gaussian states and Gaussian parametric processes generating them.…

quant-ph2020

Unconditional preparation of squeezed vacuum from Rabi interactions

Jacob Hastrup, Kimin Park, Radim Filip +1

Squeezed states of harmonic oscillators are a central resource for continuous-variable quantum sensing, computation and communication. Here we propose a method for the generation o…

quant-ph2014

Noise powered amplification in CV quantum key distribution

Petr Marek, Radim Filip

Amplification plays a key role in classical communication protocols, where it compensates the unavoidable loss of the signal. However, when we enter the quantum domain this approac…

quant-ph2002

Simple optical measurement of the overlap and fidelity of quantum states: An experiment

Martin Hendrych, Miloslav Dusek, Radim Filip +1

We present the experimental results of measurements of the overlap of both pure and mixed polarization states of photons. The fidelity and purity of mixed states were also measured…

quant-ph2025

Optimal Phase-Insensitive Force Sensing with Non-Gaussian States

Piotr T. Grochowski, Radim Filip

Quantum metrology enables sensitivity to approach the limits set by fundamental physical laws. Even a single continuous mode offers enhanced precision, with the improvement scaling…

physics.optics2025

Fermat's Spiral-Based Characterization of Squeezed Nonlinear Motional States of Levitated Nanoparticle

Martin Duchaň, Alexandr Jonáš, Radim Filip +4

Controlling the state of motion of optically levitated nanoparticles is crucial for the advancement of precision sensing, fundamental tests of physics, and the development of hybri…

quant-ph2025

Reliable quantum advantage in quantum battery charging

Davide Rinaldi, Radim Filip, Dario Gerace +1

Quantum batteries represent one of the most promising applications of quantum thermodynamics, whose goal is not only to store energy inside small quantum systems but also to potent…

quant-ph2018

Multiphoton nonclassical light from clusters of single-photon emitters

Luo Qi, Mathieu Manceau, Andrea Cavanna +8

We study nonclassical features of multiphoton light emitted by clusters of single-photon emitters. As signatures of nonclassicality, we use violation of inequalities for normalized…

quant-ph2025

Nonlinear Phase Gates as Airy Transforms of the Wigner Function

Darren W. Moore, Radim Filip

Low-order nonlinear phase gates allow the construction of versatile higher-order nonlinearities for bosonic systems and grant access to continuous variable quantum simulations of m…

quant-ph2001

Continuous-variable Werner state: separability, nonlocality, squeezing and teleportation

Ladislav Mista, Radim Filip, Jaromir Fiurasek

We investigate the separability, nonlocality and squeezing of continuous-variable analogue of the Werner state: a mixture of pure two-mode squeezed vacuum state with local thermal…

quant-ph2021

Slowing quantum decoherence of oscillators by hybrid processing

Kimin Park, Jacob Hastrup, Jonas Schou Neergaard-Nielsen +3

Quantum information encoded into superposition of coherent states is an illustrative representative of practical applications of macroscopic quantum coherence possessing. However,…

quant-ph2009

Coherent-state phase concentration by quantum probabilistic amplification

Petr Marek, Radim Filip

We propose novel coherent-state phase concentration by probabilistic measurement-induced ampli- fication. The amplification scheme uses novel architecture, thermal noise addition (…

quant-ph2014

Nonlinear potential of quantum oscillator induced by single photons

Kimin Park, Petr Marek, Radim Filip

Experimental investigation of the nonlinear dynamics of a quantum oscillator is a long standing goal of quantum physics. We propose a conditional method for inducing an arbitrary n…

quant-ph2022

Enhanced steady-state coherence via repeated system-bath interactions

Ricardo Román-Ancheyta, Michal Kolář, Giacomo Guarnieri +1

The appearance of steady-state coherence (SSC) from system-bath interaction proves that quantum effects can appear without an external drive. Such SSC could become a resource to de…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018

Brownian motion surviving in the unstable cubic potential and the role of Maxwell's demon

Luca Ornigotti, Artem Ryabov, Viktor Holubec +1

Trajectories of an overdamped particle in a highly unstable potential diverge so rapidly, that the variance of position grows much faster than its mean. Description of the dynamics…

quant-ph2002

Nonlocality degradation of two-mode squeezed vacuum in absorbing optical fibers

Radim Filip, L. Mista

Transfer of nonlocal two-mode squeezed vacuum state through symmetrical and asymmetrical lossy channel is analysed and we demonstrate that the nonlocality is more robust against lo…

quant-ph2022

Coherence-based operational nonclassicality criteria

Luca Innocenti, Lukas Lachman, Radim Filip

The nonclassicality of quantum states is a fundamental resource for quantum technologies and quantum information tasks in general. In particular, a pivotal aspect of quantum states…

quant-ph2010

Experimental Demonstration of Squeezed State Quantum Averaging

Mikael Lassen, Lars Skovgaard Madsen, Metin Sabuncu +2

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a universal quantum averaging process implementing the harmonic mean of quadrature variances. The harmonic mean protocol can be used to ef…

quant-ph2022

Swap-test interferometry with biased ancilla noise

Ondřej Černotík, Iivari Pietikäinen, Shruti Puri +2

The Mach--Zehnder interferometer is a powerful device for detecting small phase shifts between two light beams. Simple input states -- such as coherent states or single photons --…

quant-ph2023

Efficient quantum simulation of nonlinear interactions using SNAP and Rabi gates

Kimin Park, Petr Marek, Radim Filip

Quantum simulations provide means to probe challenging problems within controllable quantum systems. However, implementing or simulating deep-strong nonlinear couplings between bos…

quant-ph2019

Faithful hierarchy of genuine -photon quantum non-Gaussian light

Lukáš Lachman, Ivo Straka, Josef Hloušek +2

Light is an essential tool for connections between quantum devices and for diagnostic of processes in quantum technology. Both applications deal with advanced nonclassical states b…

quant-ph2022

Ancilla-Error-Transparent Controlled Beam Splitter Gate

Iivari Pietikäinen, Ondřej Černotík, Shruti Puri +2

In hybrid circuit QED architectures containing both ancilla qubits and bosonic modes, a controlled beam splitter gate is a powerful resource. It can be used to create (up to a cont…

quant-ph2019

Indefinite-mean Pareto photon distribution from amplified quantum noise

Mathieu Manceau, Kirill Yu. Spasibko, Gerd Leuchs +2

Extreme events appear in many physics phenomena, whenever the probability distribution has a ''heavy tail'', differing very much from the equilibrium one. Most unusual are the case…

quant-ph2017

Sufficiency of quantum non-Gaussianity for discrete-variable quantum key distribution over noisy channel

Mikołaj Lasota, Radim Filip, Vladyslav C. Usenko

Quantum key distribution can be enhanced and extended if nonclassical single-photon states of light are used. We study a connection between the security of quantum key distribution…

quant-ph2002

Screening of qubit from zero-temperature reservoir

Radim Filip

We suggest an application of dynamical Zeno effect to isolate a qubit in the quantum memory unit against decoherence caused by coupling with the reservoir having zero temperature.…

quant-ph2021

Experimental demonstration of optimal probabilistic enhancement of quantum coherence

Robert Stárek, Michal Mičuda, Michal Kolář +2

We theoretically and experimentally investigate conditional enhancement of overall coherence of quantum states by probabilistic quantum operations that apply to the input state a q…

quant-ph2010

Noise resilient quantum interface based on QND interaction

Petr Marek, Radim Filip

We propose a quantum interface protocol based on two quantum-non-demolition interactions (QND) arranged either in sequence or in parallel. Since the QND coupling arises naturally i…

quant-ph2021

Stabilization of product states and excited-state quantum phase transitions in a coupled qubit-field system

Pavel Stránský, Pavel Cejnar, Radim Filip

We study a system of a single qubit (or a few qubits) interacting with a soft-mode bosonic field. Considering an extended version of the Rabi model with both parity-conserving and…

quant-ph2026

Beyond Stellar Rank: Control Parameters for Scalable Optical Non-Gaussian State Generation

Fumiya Hanamura, Kan Takase, Hironari Nagayoshi +6

Advanced quantum technologies rely on non-Gaussian states of light, essential for universal quantum computation, fault-tolerant error correction, and quantum sensing. Their practic…

quant-ph2024

Unitary death of Schrödinger's cat

Pavel Stránský, Pavel Cejnar, Radim Filip

We analyze dynamics of the Rabi model describing interactions of a qubit with a single soft-mode oscillator. We show that the model with a slightly violated parity generates symmet…

quant-ph2026

Environment-Assisted Decoherence Suppression of Optical Non-Gaussian States

Akihiro Machinaga, Naoki Aritomi, Ryoga Sakurada +10

Optical loss is a common bottleneck in photonic quantum information processing, undermining the quantum advantage over classical approaches. Although several countermeasures, such…

quant-ph2004

Partial deterministic non-demolition Bell measurement

Ladislav Mišta, Radim Filip

We propose the scheme implementing partial deterministic non-demolition Bell measurement. When it is used in quantum teleportation the information about an unknown input state is o…

quant-ph2026

Picosecond Schrödinger cat states for ultrafast optical quantum processing

Mamoru Endo, Kan Takase, Takefumi Nomura +12

Non-Gaussian states are essential resources for universal, fault-tolerant optical quantum computing, but their generation rate remains limited by low heralding probabilities and op…

quant-ph2011

Demonstration of reversible phase-insensitive optical amplifier

Jun-ichi Yoshikawa, Yoshichika Miwa, Radim Filip +1

We experimentally demonstrate phase-insensitive linear optical amplification which preserves the idler at the output. Since our amplification operation is unitary up to small exces…

quant-ph2025

Nanomechanical State Amplifier Based on Optical Inverted Pendulum

Martin Duchaň, Martin Šiler, Petr Jákl +4

A contactless control of mean values and fluctuations of position and velocity of a nanoobject belongs among the key methods needed for ultra-precise nanotechnology and the upcomin…

quant-ph2025

Optical states with higher stellar rank

Jan Provazník, Olga Solodovnikova, Radim Filip +1

Quantum non-Gaussian states of traveling light fields are crucial components of quantum information processing protocols; however, their preparation is experimentally challenging.…

quant-ph2005

Highly asymmetric quantum cloning in arbitrary dimension

Jaromir Fiurasek, Radim Filip, Nicolas J. Cerf

We investigate the universal asymmetric cloning of states in a Hilbert space of arbitrary dimension. We derive the class of optimal and fully asymmetric 1->3 cloners, which produce…

quant-ph2010

Continuous-variable teleportation of a negative Wigner function

Ladislav Mišta, Radim Filip, Akira Furusawa

Teleportation is a basic primitive for quantum communication and quantum computing. We address the problem of continuous-variable (unconditional and conditional) teleportation of a…

quant-ph2025

Local quantum coherence with intersource interactions at nonzero temperature

Yehor Hudenko, Michal Kolář, Radim Filip +1

Local quantum coherence in a two-level system (TLS) is typically generated via time-dependent driving. However, it can also emerge autonomously from symmetry-breaking interactions…

quant-ph2016

Preventing side-channel effects in continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Ivan Derkach, Vladyslav C. Usenko, Radim Filip

The role of the side channels in the continuous-variable quantum key distribution is studied. It is shown how the information leakage through a side channel from the trusted sender…

quant-ph2011

Testing sequential quantum measurements: how can maximal knowledge be extracted?

Eleonora Nagali, Simone Felicetti, Pierre-Louis de Assis +3

The extraction of information from a quantum system unavoidably implies a modification of the measured system itself. It has been demonstrated recently that partial measurements ca…

quant-ph2011

Reversing Quantum Nondemolition Interaction as Quantum Erasing

Yoshichika Miwa, Jun-ichi Yoshikawa, Ryuji Ukai +2

We reverse a quantum nondemolition (QND) interaction and restore the signal quantum state by measurement and feedforward. This operation corresponds to quantum erasing for continuo…

quant-ph2019

Criteria for single photon sources with variable nonclassicality threshold

Lukáš Lachman, Radim Filip

Single photon sources are necessary for optical quantum technology. The nonclassicality of emitted single photons manifests itself in diverse experiments and applications. The appl…

quant-ph2024

Losses resistant verification of quantum non-Gaussian photon statistics

Riccardo Checchinato, Jan-Heinrich Littmann, Lukáš Lachman +5

Quantum non-Gaussian states of light have fundamental properties that are essential for a multitude of applications in quantum technology. However, many of these features are diffi…

quant-ph2002

Entanglement concentration of continuous variable quantum states

Jaromir Fiurasek, Ladislav Mista, Radim Filip

We propose two probabilistic entanglement concentration schemes for a single copy of two-mode squeezed vacuum state. The first scheme is based on the off-resonant interaction of a…

quant-ph2024

Continuous-variable quantum passive optical network

Adnan A. E. Hajomer, Ivan Derkach, Radim Filip +3

Building scalable and secure quantum networks with many users has a high application potential but also holds many practical challenges. A significant stride in this pursuit involv…

quant-ph2026

Deterministic feedforward-based generation of large optical coherent-state superposition

Michele N. Notarnicola, Marcin Jarzyna, Radim Filip

Large optical coherent-state superpositions are essential to advance quantum sensing, quantum repeaters and error-correction codes. We propose a deterministic feedforward protocol…

quant-ph2017

Pulsed quantum continuous-variable optoelectromechanical transducer

Nikita Vostrosablin, Andrey A. Rakhubovsky, Radim Filip

We propose a setup allowing to entangle two directly non-interacting radiation modes applying four sequential pulsed quantum resonant interactions with a noisy vibrational mode of…

quant-ph2013

Gaussian error correction of quantum states in a correlated noisy channel

Mikael Lassen, Adriano Berni, Lars S. Madsen +2

Noise is the main obstacle for the realization of fault tolerant quantum information processing and secure communication over long distances. In this work, we propose a communicati…

quant-ph2011

Squeezed-state quantum key distribution upon imperfect reconciliation

Vladyslav C. Usenko, Radim Filip

We address the security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution with squeezed states upon realistic conditions of noisy and lossy environment and limited reconciliation eff…

quant-ph2016

Pure single photons from a trapped atom source

Daniel B. Higginbottom, Lukáš Slodička, Gabriel Araneda +4

Single atoms or atom-like emitters are the purest source of on-demand single photons, they are intrinsically incapable of multi-photon emission. To demonstrate this degree of purit…

quant-ph2017

Photon-phonon-photon transfer in optomechanics

Andrey A. Rakhubovsky, Radim Filip

We consider transfer of a highly nonclassical quantum state through an optomechanical system. That is we investigate a protocol consisting of sequential upload, storage and reading…

quant-ph2020

Hybrid Rabi interaction with traveling states of light

Kimin Park, Julien Laurat, Radim Filip

Hybrid interactions between light and two-level systems and their nonlinear nature are crucial components of advanced quantum information processing and quantum networks. Rabi inte…

quant-ph2016

Nonclassical light from a large number of independent single-photon emitters

Lukáš Lachman, Lukáš Slodička, Radim Filip

Nonclassical quantum effects gradually reach domains of physics of large systems previously considered as purely classical. We derive a hierarchy of operational criteria suitable f…

quant-ph2025

Adapting coherent-state superpositions in noisy channels

Jan Provazník, Petr Marek, Julien Laurat +1

Quantum non-Gaussian states are crucial for the fundamental understanding of non-linear bosonic systems and simultaneously advanced applications in quantum technologies. In many bo…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Phase Estimation Beyond the Gaussian Limit

Kimin Park, Tanjung Krisnanda, Yvonne Gao +1

Quantum metrology aims to enhance measurement precision beyond the standard quantum limit (SQL), the benchmark set by classical resources, enabling advances in sensing, imaging, an…

quant-ph2017

General implementation of arbitrary nonlinear quadrature phase gates

Petr Marek, Radim Filip, Hisashi Ogawa +4

We propose general methodology of deterministic single-mode quantum interaction nonlinearly modifying single quadrature variable of a continuous variable system. The methodology is…

quant-ph2010

Feasibility of continuous-variable quantum key distribution with noisy coherent states

Vladyslav C. Usenko, Radim Filip

We address security of the quantum key distribution scheme based on the noisy modulation of coherent states and investigate how it is robust against noise in the modulation regardl…

quant-ph2026

Bimodal non-Gaussian photonic states from a single quantum emitter in a waveguide

Thomas Copie, Ofer Firstenberg, G. P. Teja +2

We investigate the generation of deterministic and heralded non-Gaussian states of light, using a single two-level system coupled to a chiral waveguide. We study the case of a sing…

quant-ph2022

Thermally-induced qubit coherence in quantum electromechanics

Najmeh Etehadi Abari, Andrey Rakhubovsky, Radim Filip

Quantum coherence, the ability of a quantum system to be in a superposition of orthogonal quantum states, is a distinct feature of the quantum mechanics, thus marking a deviation f…

quant-ph2024

Synthesizing and multiplexing autonomous quantum coherences

Artur Slobodeniuk, Tomáš Novotný, Radim Filip

Quantum coherence is a crucial prerequisite for quantum technologies. Therefore, the robust generation, as autonomous as possible, of quantum coherence remains the essential proble…

quant-ph2022

Protecting the quantum interference of cat states by phase-space compression

Xiaozhou Pan, Jonathan Schwinger, Ni-Ni Huang +7

Cat states, with their unique phase-space interference properties, are ideal candidates for understanding fundamental principles of quantum mechanics and performing key quantum inf…

quant-ph2026

Entanglement with a mode observable via a tunable interaction with a qubit

Małgorzata Strzałka, Radim Filip, Katarzyna Roszak

We study the possibility of detection of ``spin-boson'' entanglement by qubit only measurements. Such entanglement is impossible to detect by previously proposed schemes that invol…