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20172026
most citedGaussian trajectory approach to dissipative phase transitions: the case of quadratically driven photonic lattices

38 citations · 199 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

quant-ph2026

Quantum reservoir computing with classical and nonclassical states in an integrated optical circuit

S. Świerczewski, W. Verstraelen, P. Deuar +3

Quantum reservoir computing (QRC) is a hardware-implementation-friendly quantum neural network scheme with minimal physical system requirements and a proven advantage over classica…

physics.optics2026★ 1 cited

A Photonic Tautochrone: Spatiotemporal Beam Focusing for Enhanced Nonlinear Response

W. Verstraelen, S. Zanotti, N. W. E. Seet +6

We propose to implement an optical analogue of the tautochrone property of the cycloid to allow the focusing of ultrashort pulses inside photonic systems. This allows to enhance no…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Light Detection with Enhanced Photonic Neural Network

Stanisław Świerczewski, Dogyun Ko, Amir Rahmani +7

Advances in quantum technologies are accelerating the demand for optical quantum state sensors that combine high precision, versatility, and scalability within a unified hardware p…

quant-ph2025

Spectroscopy on a single nonlinear mode recognizes quantum states

Wouter Verstraelen, Stanisław Świerczewski, Andrzej Opala +7

Characterising optical quantum states is essential for the development of quantum technologies. While traditional approaches to perform full quantum state tomography are often expe…

quant-ph2025

Phase-Space Framework for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Optical Neural Networks

Stanisław Świerczewski, Wouter Verstraelen, Piotr Deuar +4

Quantum optical neural networks (QONNs) enable information processing beyond classical limits by exploiting the advantages of classical and quantum optics. However, simulation of l…

physics.optics2024

Optical resonators constitute a universal spin simulator

Wouter Verstraelen, Timothy C. H. Liew

NP-hard computational problems can be efficiently recast as finding the ground state of an effective spin model. However, to date no convenient setup exists that can universally si…

quant-ph2023★ 4 cited

Analogue Spin Simulators: How to keep the Amplitude Homogeneous

Wouter Verstraelen, Piotr Deuar, Michał Matuszewski +1

A setup that simulates ground states of spin graphs would allow one to solve computationally hard optimisation problems efficiently. Current optical setups to this goal have diffic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 7 cited

Topological enhancement of exciton-polariton coherence with non-Hermitian morphing

Ruiqi Bao, Huawen Xu, Wouter Verstraelen +1

The non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) has been intensely investigated over the past few years and has unveiled new topological phases, which have no counterparts in Hermitian system…

quant-ph2022★ 23 cited

Quantum and classical correlations in open quantum-spin lattices via truncated-cumulant trajectories

Wouter Verstraelen, Dolf Huybrechts, Tommaso Roscilde +1

The study of quantum many-body physics in Liouvillian open quantum systems becomes increasingly important with the recent progress in experimental control on dissipative systems an…

quant-ph2021★ 34 cited

Giant Enhancement of Unconventional Photon Blockade in a Dimer Chain

You Wang, W. Verstraelen, Baile Zhang +2

Unconventional photon blockade refers to the suppression of multi-photon states in weakly nonlinear optical resonators via the destructive interference of different excitation path…

quant-ph2021★ 19 cited

Superpolynomial Quantum Enhancement in Polaritonic Neuromorphic Computing

Huawen Xu, Tanjung Krisnanda, Wouter Verstraelen +2

Recent proof-of-principle experiments have demonstrated the implementation of neuromorphic computing using exciton-polaritons, making use of coherent classical states [D. Ballarini…

quant-ph2020★ 17 cited

Classical critical dynamics in quadratically driven Kerr resonators

Wouter Verstraelen, Michiel Wouters

Driven-dissipative kerr lattices with two-photon driving are experimentally relevant systems known to exhibit a symmetry-breaking phase transition, which belongs to the universalit…

quant-ph2019★ 38 cited

Gaussian trajectory approach to dissipative phase transitions: the case of quadratically driven photonic lattices

Wouter Verstraelen, Riccardo Rota, Vincenzo Savona +1

We apply the Gaussian trajectories approach to the study of the critical behavior of two-dimensional dissipative arrays of nonlinear photonic cavities, in presence of two-photon dr…

quant-ph2019★ 15 cited

The temporal coherence of a photon condensate: A quantum trajectory description

Wouter Verstraelen, Michiel Wouters

In order to study the temporal coherence of a single-mode dye-cavity photon condensate, a model is developed for the dynamics which treats the condensate mode on a quantum-mechanic…

quant-ph2018★ 32 cited

Gaussian Quantum Trajectories for the Variational Simulation of Open Quantum-Optical Systems

Wouter Verstraelen, Michiel Wouters

We construct a class of variational methods for the study of open quantum systems based on Gaussian ansatzes for the quantum trajectory formalism. Gaussianity in the conjugate posi…

cond-mat.quant-gas2017★ 9 cited

Unitary work extraction from a Generalized Gibbs Ensemble using Bragg scattering

Wouter Verstraelen, Dries Sels, Michiel Wouters

We investigate work extraction from integrable quantum systems under unitary operations. As a model system, we consider non-interacting fermions in one dimension. Thanks to its int…