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Dynamic distributed quantum sensing of radio-frequency fields via time-bin entanglement
Vedansh Nehra, Richard Birrittella, Benjamin Malia +6
We propose a novel framework for discrete-variable (DV) distributed quantum sensing, wherein traditional polarization-based probes are replaced with time-bin entangled qubits. We s…
Photonic qubit encoding interconversion for heterogeneous quantum networking
Vedansh Nehra, Richard J. Birrittella, Christopher C. Tison +10
Quantum information processing, communication, and sensing networks are being developed with various qubit platforms that use different encoding schemes. Connecting quantum network…
Telecommunications fiber-optic and free-space quantum local area networks at the Air Force Research Laboratory
Erin Sheridan, Nicholas J. Barton, Richard Birrittella +29
As quantum computing, sensing, timing, and networking technologies mature, quantum network testbeds are being deployed across the United States and around the world. To support the…
Frequency auto-homogenization using group-velocity-matched downconversion
Dylan Heberle, Christopher C. Tison, James Schneeloch +4
With the stability of integrated photonics at network nodes and the advantages of photons as flying qubits, photonic quantum information processing (PQIP) makes quantum networks in…
Verifying Energy-Time Entanglement with Irregularly Sampled Correlations
James Schneeloch, Christopher C. Tison, Richard J. Birrittella +3
Verifying entanglement with experimental measurements requires that we take the limitations of experimental techniques into account, while still proving that the data obtained coul…
Bypassing the filtering challenges in microwave-optical quantum transduction through optomechanical four-wave mixing
James Schneeloch, Erin Sheridan, A. Matthew Smith +5
Microwave-optical quantum transduction is a key enabling technology in quantum networking, but has been plagued by a formidable technical challenge. As most microwave-optical-trans…
Low-Crosstalk, Silicon-Fabricated Optical Waveguides for Laser Delivery to Matter Qubits
Clayton L. Craft, Nicholas J. Barton, Andrew C. Klug +30
Reliable control of quantum information in matter-based qubits requires precisely applied external fields, and unaccounted for spatial cross-talk of these fields between adjacent q…
Principles for Optimizing Quantum Transduction in Piezo-Optomechanical Systems
James Schneeloch, Erin Sheridan, A. Matthew Smith +5
Two-way microwave-optical quantum transduction is essential to connecting distant superconducting qubits via optical fiber, and to enable quantum networking at a large scale. In Bl…
Nonlinear optics as a source of high-dimensional genuine tripartite entanglement
James Schneeloch, Richard J. Birrittella, Christopher C. Tison +3
We lay down a general scheme to quantify the amount of genuine tripartite entanglement present in the spatial and energy-time degrees of freedom of entangled photon triplets using…
Unconditional remote entanglement using second-harmonic generation and twin two-mode squeezed vacuum states
Richard J. Birrittella, James Schneeloch, Christopher C. Tison +3
We propose a photonics-based, continuous-variable (CV) form of remote entanglement utilizing strictly second-order nonlinear optical interactions that does not require the implemen…
The distribution of density matrices at fixed purity for arbitrary dimensions
Paul M. Alsing, Christopher C. Tison, James Schneeloch +2
We present marginal cumulative distribution functions (CDF) for density matrices of fixed purity for arbitrary dimension . We g…
Massively Scalable Wavelength Diverse Integrated Photonic Linear Neuron
Matthew van Niekerk, Anthony Rizzo, Hector Rubio Rivera +6
As computing resource demands continue to escalate in the face of big data, cloud-connectivity and the internet of things, it has become imperative to develop new low-power, scalab…
Quantifying Tripartite Spatial and Energy-Time Entanglement in Nonlinear Optics
James Schneeloch, Richard J. Birrittella, Christopher C. Tison +3
In this work, we provide a means to quantify genuine tripartite entanglement in arbitrary (pure and mixed) continuous-variable states as measured by the Tripartite Entanglement of…
Negativity vs. Purity and Entropy in Witnessing Entanglement
James Schneeloch, H Shelton Jacinto, Christopher C. Tison +1
In this work, we show that while all measures of mixedness may be used to witness entanglement, all such entangled states must have a negative partial transpose (NPT). Though compu…
Two-dimensional extreme skin depth engineering for CMOS photonics
Matthew van Niekerk, Saman Jahani, Justin Bickford +9
Extreme skin depth engineering (e-skid) can be applied to integrated photonics to manipulate the evanescent field of a waveguide. Here we demonstrate that e-skid can be implemented…
Quantifying Tri-partite Entanglement with Entropic Correlations
James Schneeloch, Christopher C. Tison, Michael L. Fanto +2
We show how to quantify tri-partite entanglement using entropies derived from experimental correlations. We use a multi-partite generalization of the entanglement of formation that…
Nonlinear Photon Pair Generation in a Highly Dispersive Medium
David J. Starling, Jacob Poirier, Michael Fanto +4
Photon pair generation in silicon photonic integrated circuits relies on four wave mixing via the third order nonlinearity. Due to phase matching requirements and group velocity di…
A scalable Controlled NOT gate for linear optical computing using microring resonators
Ryan E. Scott, Paul M. Alsing, A. Matthew Smith +5
We propose a scalable version of a KLM CNOT gate based upon integrated waveguide microring resonators (MRR), vs the original KLM-approach using beam splitters (BS). The core elemen…
The maximum advantage of quantum illumination
Shannon Ray, James Schneeloch, Christopher C. Tison +1
Discriminating between quantum states is a fundamental problem in quantum information protocols. The optimum approach saturates the Helstrom bound, which quantifies the unavoidable…
Introduction to the Absolute Brightness and Number Statistics in Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion
James Schneeloch, Samuel H. Knarr, Daniela F. Bogorin +6
As a tutorial, we examine the absolute brightness and number statistics of photon pairs generated in Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion (SPDC) from first principles. In doing s…
Quantifying entanglement in a 68-billion dimensional quantum state space
James Schneeloch, Christopher C. Tison, Michael L. Fanto +2
Entanglement is the powerful and enigmatic resource central to quantum information processing, which promises capabilities in computing, simulation, secure communication, and metro…
Central Moment Analogues to Linear Optically Generated Cluster States
Christopher C. Tison, James Schneeloch, Paul M. Alsing
Two-mode squeezed states in the limit of small squeezing, Hong-Ou-Mandel interference and post selection on coincidence counts are some of the staples of linear quantum optics. We…
Truly unentangled photon pairs without spectral filtering
Z. Vernon, M. Menotti, C. C. Tison +8
We demonstrate that an integrated silicon microring resonator is capable of efficiently producing photon pairs that are completely unentangled; such pairs are a key component of he…
The Path to Increasing the Coincidence Efficiency of Integrated Photon Sources
C. C. Tison, J. A. Steidle, M. L. Fanto +5
Silicon ring resonators are used as photon pair sources by taking advantage of silicon's large third order nonlinearity with a process known as spontaneous four wave mixing. These…