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most citedPhase sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with single-intensity and difference-intensity detection

63 citations · 310 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

quant-ph2023★ 11 cited

Quantum communication networks with optical vortices

S. Suciu, G. A. Bulzan, T. A. Isdraila +4

Quantum communications bring a paradigm change in internet security by using quantum resources to establish secure keys between parties. Present-day quantum communications networks…

quant-ph2022★ 16 cited

Optimal phase sensitivity of an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Karunesh K. Mishra, Stefan Ataman

In this paper we address the problem of optimizing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer, for a given pure input state and considering a specific detection scheme. While the op…

quant-ph2022★ 20 cited

Quantum Fisher information maximization in an unbalanced interferometer

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we provide the answer to the following question: given an arbitrary pure input state and a general, unbalanced, Mach-Zehnder interferometer, what transmission coeffic…

quant-ph2021★ 11 cited

Interaction-free imaging of multi-pixel objects

Alexandra Maria Palici, Tudor-Alexandru Isdraila, Stefan Ataman +1

Quantum imaging, one of the pillars of quantum technologies, is well-suited to study sensitive samples which require low-light conditions, like biological tissues. In this context,…

quant-ph2020★ 41 cited

Single- versus two-parameter Fisher information in quantum interferometry

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we reconsider the single parameter quantum Fisher information (QFI) and compare it with the two-parameter one. We find simple relations connecting the single paramete…

quant-ph2020★ 10 cited

OAM tomography with Heisenberg-Weyl observables

Alexandra Maria Palici, Tudor-Alexandru Isdraila, Stefan Ataman +1

Photons carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) are excellent qudits and are widely used in several applications, such as long distance quantum communication, -dimensional telep…

quant-ph2019★ 38 cited

Optimal Mach-Zehnder phase sensitivity with Gaussian states

Stefan Ataman

We address in this work the phase sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with Gaussian input states. A squeezed-coherent plus squeezed vacuum input state allows us to unambig…

quant-ph2019★ 18 cited

Phase sensitivity for an unbalanced interferometer without input phase-matching restrictions

Anca Preda, Stefan Ataman

The Cramér-Rao bound and the quantum Fisher information have been tools used extensively for interferometric phase sensitivity. Most scenarios considering a Mach-Zehnder interferom…

quant-ph2018★ 63 cited

Phase sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with single-intensity and difference-intensity detection

Stefan Ataman, Anca Preda, Radu Ionicioiu

Interferometry is a widely-used technique for precision measurements in both classical and quantum contexts. One way to increase the precision of phase measurements, for example in…

quant-ph2018★ 40 cited

Vacuum birefringence detection in all-optical scenarios

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we propose an all-optical vacuum birefringence experiment and evaluate its feasibility for various scenarios. Many petawatt-class lasers became operational and many m…

quant-ph2017

A novel delayed-choice experimental proposal testing local decisions

Stefan Ataman

Entangled states are notoriously non-separable, their sub-ensembles being only statistical mixtures yielding no coherences and no quantum interference phenomena. The interesting fe…

quant-ph2016★ 1 cited

Spying on photons with photons: quantum interference and information

Stefan Ataman

The quest to have both which-path knowledge and interference fringes in a double-slit experiment dates back to the inception of quantum mechanics (QM) and to the famous Einstein-Bo…

quant-ph2016★ 5 cited

An example of quantum imaging: rendering an object undetectable

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we propose and analyse a Gedankenexperiment involving three non-linear crystals and two objects inserted in the idler beams. We show that, besides the behaviour that…

quant-ph2015★ 7 cited

The quantum optical description of a Fabry-Perot interferometer and the prediction of an antibunching effect

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we describe a Fabry-Perot interferometer in the language of quantum optics. We go on to model the Fabry-Perot interferometer as a beam splitter having frequency depen…

physics.optics2014★ 9 cited

The quantum optical description of three experiments involving non-linear optics using a graphical method

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we describe and thoroughly discuss three reported experiments in quantum optics (QO) involving interferometers and non-linear crystals. We show that by using a graphi…

quant-ph2014★ 3 cited

Complementarity, quantum erasure and delayed choice with modified Mach-Zehnder interferometers

Stefan Ataman

Often cited dictums in Quantum Mechanics include "observation disturbance causes loss of interference" and "ignorance is interference". In this paper we propose and describe a seri…

physics.optics2014★ 13 cited

Field operator transformations in Quantum Optics using a novel graphical method with applications to beam splitters and interferometers

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we describe a novel, graphical method, allowing the fast computation of field operator transformations for linear lossless optical devices in Quantum Optics (QO). The…

physics.optics2014★ 1 cited

The quantum optical description of a double Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Stefan Ataman

In this paper we describe within the formalism of Quantum Optics (QO) a double Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). For single photon Fock states this experimental setup is shown to…

cs.NI2013★ 3 cited

IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver for the 868/915 MHz band using Software Defined Radio

Rafik Zitouni, Stefan Ataman, Marie Mathian +1

This paper reports an implementation of the PHY specifications of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for the frequency band 868 915 MHz on a Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform. This sta…