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128 citations · 695 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

physics.optics2025

An epsilon-near-zero-based nonlinear platform for ultrafast re-writable holography

M. Zahirul Alam, Robert Fickler, Yiyu Zhou +3

We re-examine real-time holography for all-optical structuring of light and optical computation using a contemporary material: a subwavelength-thick, spatially unstructured film of…

physics.optics2021★ 39 cited

Experimental demonstration of superresolution of partially coherent light sources using parity sorting

S. A. Wadood, Kevin Liang, Yiyu Zhou +8

Analyses based on quantum metrology have shown that the ability to localize the positions of two incoherent point sources can be significantly enhanced through the use of mode sort…

quant-ph2021★ 23 cited

Direct tomography of high-dimensional density matrices for general quantum states of photons

Yiyu Zhou, Jiapeng Zhao, Darrick Hay +3

Quantum state tomography is the conventional method used to characterize density matrices for general quantum states. However, the data acquisition time generally scales linearly w…

physics.optics2021★ 1 cited

Turbulence-Resilient Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications using Automatic Power-Efficient Pilot-Assisted Optoelectronic Beam Mixing of Many Modes

Runzhou Zhang, Nanzhe Hu, Huibin Zhou +15

Atmospheric turbulence generally limits free-space optical (FSO) communications, and this problem is severely exacerbated when implementing highly sensitive and spectrally efficien…

physics.optics2021★ 20 cited

Confocal super-resolution microscopy based on a spatial mode sorter

Katherine K. M. Bearne, Yiyu Zhou, Boris Braverman +6

Spatial resolution is one of the most important specifications of an imaging system. Recent results in quantum parameter estimation theory reveal that an arbitrarily small distance…

physics.optics2020★ 25 cited

Multiprobe time reversal for high-fidelity vortex-mode-division multiplexing over a turbulent free-space link

Yiyu Zhou, Jiapeng Zhao, Boris Braverman +5

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of photons presents a degree of freedom for enhancing the secure key rate of free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) through mode-division mult…

physics.optics2020★ 69 cited

High-fidelity spatial mode transmission through a 1-km-long multimode fiber via vectorial time reversal

Yiyu Zhou, Boris Braverman, Alexander Fyffe +5

The large number of spatial modes supported by standard multimode fibers is a promising platform for boosting the channel capacity of quantum and classical communications by orders…

eess.SP2020★ 46 cited

Performance of real-time adaptive optics compensation in a turbulent channel with high-dimensional spatial-mode encoding

Jiapeng Zhao, Yiyu Zhou, Boris Braverman +6

The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of photons is a promising degree of freedom for high-dimensional quantum key distribution (QKD). However, effectively mitigating the adverse effe…

physics.optics2019★ 4 cited

Compensation-Free High-Capacity Free-Space Optical Communication Using Turbulence-Resilient Vector Beams

Ziyi Zhu, Molly Janasik, Alexander Fyffe +7

Free-space optical communication is a promising means to establish versatile, secure and high-bandwidth communication for many critical point-to-point applications. While the spati…

quant-ph2018★ 20 cited

Performance analysis of d-dimensional quantum cryptography under state-dependent diffraction

Jiapeng Zhao, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Boris Braverman +7

Standard protocols for quantum key distribution (QKD) require that the sender be able to transmit in two or more mutually unbiased bases. Here, we analyze the extent to which the p…

physics.optics2018★ 84 cited

Quantum-limited estimation of the axial separation of two incoherent point sources

Yiyu Zhou, Jing Yang, Jeremy D. Hassett +6

Improving axial resolution is crucial for three-dimensional optical imaging systems. Here we present a scheme of axial superresolution for two incoherent point sources based on spa…

physics.optics2018★ 47 cited

Hermite-Gaussian mode sorter

Yiyu Zhou, Jiapeng Zhao, Zhimin Shi +5

The Hermite-Gaussian (HG) modes, sometimes also referred to as transverse electromagnetic modes in free space, form a complete and orthonormal basis that have been extensively used…

physics.optics2018★ 52 cited

Realization of a scalable Laguerre-Gaussian mode sorter based on a robust radial mode sorter

Dongzhi Fu, Yiyu Zhou, Rui Qi +8

The transverse structure of light is recognized as a resource that can be used to encode information onto photons and has been shown to be useful to enhance communication capacity…

physics.optics2018★ 51 cited

Using all transverse degrees of freedom in quantum communications based on a generic mode sorter

Yiyu Zhou, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Stone Oliver +5

The dimension of the state space for information encoding offered by the transverse structure of light is usually limited by the finite size of apertures. The widely used orbital a…

quant-ph2018★ 86 cited

Optimal measurements for quantum multiparameter estimation with general states

Jing Yang, Shengshi Pang, Yiyu Zhou +1

We generalize the approach by Braunstein and Caves [Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3439 (1994)] to quantum multi-parameter estimation with general states. We derive a matrix bound of the cla…

physics.optics2017★ 128 cited

Sorting photons by radial quantum number

Yiyu Zhou, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Dongzhi Fu +4

The Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes constitute a complete basis set for representing the transverse structure of a {paraxial} photon field in free space. Earlier workers have shown ho…

quant-ph2016

Digital spiral object identification using random light

Zhe Yang, Omar S. Magana-Loaiza, Mohammad Mirhosseini +6

Photons that are entangled or correlated in orbital angular momentum have been extensively used for remote sensing, object identification and imaging. It has recently been demonstr…