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most citedFrequency-domain Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

189 citations · 525 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

quant-ph2025

Waveguide-array-based multiplexed photonic interface for atom array

Yuya Maeda, Toshiki Kobayashi, Takuma Ueno +12

The growing demand for high-capacity quantum communication and large-scale quantum computing underscores the importance of networking quantum processing units via multiplexed photo…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Channel-selective frequency up-conversion for frequency-multiplexed quantum network

Shoichi Murakami, Shunsuke Hiraoka, Toshiki Kobayashi +2

We demonstrate channel-selective frequency up-conversion from telecom wavelengths around 1540 nm for optical fiber communication to visible wavelengths around 780 nm, based on seco…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Logical entanglement distribution between distant 2D array qubits

Yuya Maeda, Yasunari Suzuki, Toshiki Kobayashi +3

Sharing logical entangled pairs between distant quantum nodes is a key process to achieve fault tolerant quantum computation and communication. However, there is a gap between curr…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

1xN DWDM channel selective quantum frequency conversion

Tomoaki Arizono, Toshiki Kobayashi, Shigehito Miki +5

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) is a key technology for realizing high-capacity and flexible quantum communication networks. In addition, to realize the emerging quan…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Low-noise quantum frequency conversion with cavity enhancement of converted mode

Shoichi Murakami, Toshiki Kobayashi, Shigehito Miki +7

Quantum frequency conversion (QFC) which converts the frequencies of photons while preserving the quantum state is an essential technology for realizing the quantum internet and qu…

quant-ph2023★ 26 cited

Linear Optical Quantum Computation with Frequency-Comb Qubits and Passive Devices

Tomohiro Yamazaki, Tomoaki Arizono, Toshiki Kobayashi +2

We propose a linear optical quantum computation scheme using time-frequency degree of freedom. In this scheme, a qubit is encoded in single-photon frequency combs, and manipulation…

quant-ph2022★ 7 cited

Quantum state tomography of qudits via Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

Yoshiaki Tsujimoto, Rikizo Ikuta, Kentaro Wakui +2

We propose a method to perform the quantum state tomography (QST) of an -partite qudit state embedded in single photons using the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference betw…

physics.optics2021★ 6 cited

Optical frequency tweezers

Rikizo Ikuta, Masayo Yokota, Toshiki Kobayashi +2

We show a concept of optical frequency tweezers for tweezing light in the optical frequency domain with a high resolution, which is the frequency version of the optical tweezers fo…

quant-ph2021★ 20 cited

Massive-mode polarization entangled biphoton frequency comb

Tomohiro Yamazaki, Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi +5

A frequency-multiplexed entangled photon pair and a high-dimensional hyperentangled photon pair are useful to realize a high-capacity quantum communication. A biphoton frequency co…

physics.optics2020★ 11 cited

A cavity-enhanced broadband photonic Rabi oscillation

Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi, Tomohiro Yamazaki +2

A coherent coupling among different energy photons provided by nonlinear optical interaction is regarded as a photonic version of the Rabi oscillation. Cavity enhancement of the no…

quant-ph2017★ 117 cited

Polarization insensitive frequency conversion for an atom-photon entanglement distribution via a telecom network

Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi, Tetsuo Kawakami +8

Quantum network with a current telecom photonic infrastructure is deficient in quantum storages that keep arbitrary quantum state in sufficient time duration for a long-distance qu…

quant-ph2017★ 22 cited

Mach-Zehnder interferometer using frequency-domain beamsplitter

Toshiki Kobayashi, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kenichiro Matsuki +7

We demonstrated the first-order interference between coherent light at 1580 nm and 795 nm by using frequency-domain Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). The MZI is implemented by two…

quant-ph2016★ 27 cited

Heralded single excitation of atomic ensemble via solid-state-based telecom photon detection

Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi, Kenichiro Matsuki +7

Telecom photonic quantum networks with matter quantum systems enable a rich variety of applications, such as a long distance quantum cryptography and one-way quantum computing. Pre…

quant-ph2016★ 189 cited

Frequency-domain Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

Toshiki Kobayashi, Rikizo Ikuta, Shuto Yasui +6

Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference unveils a distinct behavior of identical particles which cannot be distinguished from each other. Especially for bosons, two separated identical p…

quant-ph2014★ 39 cited

A low-noise frequency down-conversion to the telecommunication band for a quantum communication based on NV centers in diamond

Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi, Shuto Yasui +9

We demonstrate a low-noise frequency down-conversion of photons at 637 nm to the telecommunication band at 1587 nm by the difference frequency generation in a periodically-poled li…

quant-ph2013★ 12 cited

Observation of two output light pulses from a partial wavelength converter preserving phase of an input light at a single-photon level

Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kato +9

We experimentally demonstrate that both a converted and an unconverted light pulses after wavelength conversion with various conversion efficiencies preserve phase information of a…

quant-ph2013★ 21 cited

Universal gates for transforming multipartite entangled Dicke states

Toshiki Kobayashi, Rikizo Ikuta, Sahin Kaya Ozdemir +4

We determine the minimal number of qubits that it is necessary to have access to in order to transform Dicke states into other Dicke states. In general, the number of qubits in Dic…

quant-ph2013★ 17 cited

Non-classical two-photon interference between independent telecom light pulses converted by difference-frequency generation

Rikizo Ikuta, Toshiki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kato +9

We experimentally demonstrated the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference between two photons after visible-to-telecommunication wavelength conversion. In the experiment, we prepared a…