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5 papers

physics.optics2026

Universal Statistics of Energy and Information Flow in Random Electromagnetic Fields

Yuchen Ke, Nandini Bhattacharya, Stefan Rotter +1

We establish a universal statistical description for the local flow of energy and information in random electromagnetic fields. The longitudinal Poynting flux, written as a Hermiti…

quant-ph2026

Enabling Deterministic Passive Quantum State Transfer with Giant Atoms

Oliver Diekmann, Enrico Di Benedetto, Nicolas Jungwirth +7

Achieving quantum state transfer in passive ways can become a powerful asset for scalable quantum networks. Here, we demonstrate how giant atoms coupled to 1D waveguides provide a…

physics.optics2026

Massively Degenerate Coherent Perfect Absorption in Gradient-Index Fibers

Helmut Hörner, Şahin K. Özdemir, Stefan Rotter

Coherent perfect absorbers (CPAs) have recently attracted considerable attention due to their ability to enhance light--matter interaction. By exploiting interference, CPAs enable…

quant-ph2025

Passive quantum state transfer in a dispersion-engineered waveguide

Zeyu Kuang, Oliver Diekmann, Lorenz Fischer +2

High-fidelity state transfer is fundamentally limited by time-reversal symmetry: one qubit emits a photon with a certain temporal pulse shape, whereas a second qubit requires the t…

quant-ph2025

Self-Induced Superradiant Masing

Wenzel Kersten, Nikolaus de Zordo, Oliver Diekmann +9

In cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED) and particularly superradiance, emitters are typically assumed to be independent, interacting only through light shared via a common mode.…