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most citedQuantum Random Number Generation using a Solid-State Single-Photon Source

47 citations · 107 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2026

Experimental observation of hyperbolic spacetime dynamics

Jonas Himmel, Coraline Bacq, Krishna Chand Maurya +11

Understanding quantum dynamics in curved spacetime is a central challenge at the intersection of quantum mechanics and gravity. Anti-de-Sitter (AdS) spacetime plays a pivotal role…

quant-ph2026

Path integral quantization of the electromagnetic field in nonlinear dielectric materials

Arman Kashef, Oscar Perearnau Herrero, Alexander Szameit +2

We construct a quantum theory of light in nonlinear dielectric media with dispersion and absorption. We employ a mesoscopic model for the light-matter interaction that include a fo…

physics.optics2025

Optical Tautochrone and Squeezing Dynamics in Nonuniform Lattices

Ioannis Kiorpelidis, Matthias Heinrich, Alexander Szameit +2

We present exact analogies between the tautochrone problem of classical mechanics and the squeezed states of quantum optics to optical lattices. Both phenomena emerge in the same p…

physics.optics2025★ 14 cited

Observation of Joule-Thomson photon-gas expansion

Marco S. Kirsch, Georgios G. Pyrialakos, Richard Altenkirch +9

In recent years, a self-consistent optical thermodynamic framework has emerged that offers a systematic methodology to understand, harness and exploit the complex collective dynami…

quant-ph2025

Non-Exponential Decay in Finite Photonic Waveguide Arrays

Florian H. Huber, Benedikt Braumandl, Johannes Knörzer +5

Open quantum-system dynamics can follow exponential decay, non-exponential relaxation, or oscillatory dynamics, depending on the system-environment coupling. We study a lattice wit…

quant-ph2025

Engineering Non-Hermitian Quantum Evolution Using a Hermitian Bath Environment

Mahmoud A. Selim, Max Ehrhardt, Yuqiang Ding +9

Engineering quantum bath networks through non-Hermitian subsystem Hamiltonians has recently emerged as a promising strategy for qubit cooling, state stabilization, and fault-tolera…

physics.optics2025

Drive-induced Non-local Interactions and Topological Bulk Transport of Extended Doublons

Julius Beck, Matthias Heinrich, Marcus J. Meschede +6

The existence of boundary states and their protection against symmetry-preserving perturbations are a hallmark feature of topological systems. While this concept originally emerged…

quant-ph2025

Pairing particles into holonomies

Vera Neef, Matthias Heinrich, Tom A. W. Wolterink +1

Holonomies are of great interest to quantum computation and simulation. The geometrical nature of these entities offers increased stability to quantum gates. Furthermore, symmetrie…

quant-ph2025★ 24 cited

Selective Filtering of Photonic Quantum Entanglement via Anti-Parity-Time Symmetry

Mahmoud A. Selim, Max Ehrhardt, Yuqiang Ding +8

Entanglement is a key resource for quantum computing, sensing, and communication, however it is highly susceptible to decoherence. To address this, quantum optics has explored filt…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

State Transfer in Latent-Symmetric Networks

Jonas Himmel, Max Ehrhardt, Matthias Heinrich +5

The transport of quantum states is a crucial aspect of information processing systems, facilitating operations such as quantum key distribution and inter-component communication wi…

physics.optics2025★ 3 cited

Eigenmodes of latent-symmetric quantum photonic networks

Jonas Himmel, Max Ehrhardt, Matthias Heinrich +3

We investigate the impact of latent symmetries on the dynamics of photonic systems and their eigenmodes. Residing solely within the eigenspectral domain, latent symmetries are not…

quant-ph2024★ 16 cited

Crossing exceptional points in non-Hermitian quantum systems

Friederike U. J. Klauck, Matthias Heinrich, Alexander Szameit +1

Exceptional points facilitate peculiar dynamics in non-Hermitian systems. Yet, in photonics, they have mainly been studied in the classical realm. In this work, we reveal the behav…

quant-ph2024

Non-adiabatic holonomies as photonic quantum gates

Vera Neef, Julien Pinske, Tom A. W. Wolterink +4

One of the most promising nascent technologies, quantum computation faces a major challenge: The need for stable computational building blocks. We present the quantum-optical reali…

physics.optics2020★ 47 cited

Quantum Random Number Generation using a Solid-State Single-Photon Source

Simon J. U. White, Friederike Klauck, Toan Trong Tran +8

Quantum random number generation (QRNG) harnesses the intrinsic randomness of quantum mechanical phenomena. Demonstrations of such processes have, however, been limited to probabil…