{"title":"Optical simulation of a quantum cooling engine powered by entangled measurements","authors":"Ning-Ning Wang, Huan Cao, Chao Zhang, Xiao-Ye Xu, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo","doi":"10.1364/optica.521222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.521222","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional refrigeration is driven either by external forces or by the information-feedback mechanism. Surprisingly, quantum measurement and collapse, typically viewed as detrimental, can also power a quantum cooling engine without requiring any feedback mechanism. In this work, we perform a proof-of-principle demonstration of quantum measurement cooling (QMC) powered by entangled measurements using a highly controllable linear optical simulator. The simulator can simulate qubits with different energy-level spacings and their thermalizing processes at different temperatures, and also allows for arbitrary projections of two qubits at different energy levels. We show the effect of changes in energy levels and measurement bases on the cooling process and demonstrate the robustness of QMC. These results reveal the special role of entangled measurements in quantum thermodynamics, indicate that quantum measurement is not always detrimental but can be a valuable thermodynamic resource. Our setup also offers a highly controllable simulation platform for multiqubit quantum engines.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pound–Drever–Hall feedforward: laser phase noise suppression beyond feedback","authors":"Yu-Xin Chao, Zhen-Xing Hua, Xin-Hui Liang, Zong-Pei Yue, Li You, Meng Khoon Tey","doi":"10.1364/optica.516838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.516838","url":null,"abstract":"Pound–Drever–Hall (PDH) laser frequency stabilization is a powerful technique widely used for building narrow linewidth lasers. This technique is, however, ineffective in suppressing high-frequency (>100kHz) laser phase noise detrimental for many applications. Here, we introduce an effective method that can greatly enhance its high-frequency performance. The idea is to recycle the residual PDH signal of a laser locked to a cavity by feedforwarding it directly to the laser output field after a delay fiber. Using this straightforward method, we demonstrate a phase noise suppression capability about four orders of magnitude better than just using the usual PDH feedback for noise around a few MHz. We further find that this method exhibits noise suppression performance equivalent to cavity filtering. This method holds great promise for applications demanding highly stable lasers with diminished phase noise up to tens of MHz (e.g., precise and high-speed control of atomic and molecular quantum states).","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1364/optica.524074
Maodong Gao, Zhiquan Yuan, Yan Yu, Warren Jin, Qing-Xin Ji, Jinhao Ge, Avi Feshali, Mario Paniccia, John E. Bowers, Kerry J. Vahala
{"title":"Observation of interband Kelly sidebands in coupled-ring soliton microcombs","authors":"Maodong Gao, Zhiquan Yuan, Yan Yu, Warren Jin, Qing-Xin Ji, Jinhao Ge, Avi Feshali, Mario Paniccia, John E. Bowers, Kerry J. Vahala","doi":"10.1364/optica.524074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.524074","url":null,"abstract":"Kelly sidebands are a special type of dispersive wave that appear in mode-locked systems and they have recently been observed by pulsed excitation in integrated microcombs. Here, Kelly sidebands are generated by continuous-wave excitation in a partially coupled racetrack-resonator microcomb. The coupled-racetrack system supports two optical bands so that, in contrast to earlier studies, the soliton and Kelly sideband reside in distinct bands. The resulting interband excitation of the Kelly sidebands relaxes power requirements and continuous-wave sideband excitation is demonstrated. Tuning of sideband spectral position under pulsed excitation is also studied. Numerical simulation and the experiment show that the sidebands rely upon symmetry breaking caused by partial coupling of the two-ring system. More generally, multiband systems provide a new way to engineer Kelly sidebands for spectral broadening of microcombs.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-05-30DOI: 10.1364/optica.520697
Hao-Tao Zhu, Yizhi Huang, Wen-Xin Pan, Chao-Wu Zhou, Jianjun Tang, Hong He, Ming Cheng, Xiandu Jin, Mi Zou, Shibiao Tang, Xiongfeng Ma, Teng-Yun Chen, Jian-Wei Pan
{"title":"Field test of mode-pairing quantum key distribution","authors":"Hao-Tao Zhu, Yizhi Huang, Wen-Xin Pan, Chao-Wu Zhou, Jianjun Tang, Hong He, Ming Cheng, Xiandu Jin, Mi Zou, Shibiao Tang, Xiongfeng Ma, Teng-Yun Chen, Jian-Wei Pan","doi":"10.1364/optica.520697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.520697","url":null,"abstract":"Quantum key distribution is a cornerstone of quantum technology, offering information-theoretical secure keys for remote parties. With many quantum communication networks established globally, the mode-pairing protocol stands out for its efficacy over inter-city distances using simple setups, emerging as a promising solution. In this study, we employ the mode-pairing scheme into existing inter-city fiber links, conducting field tests across distances ranging from tens to about a hundred kilometers. Our system achieves a key rate of 1.217 kbit/s in a 195.85 km symmetric link and 3.089 kbit/s in a 127.92 km asymmetric link without global phase locking. The results demonstrate that the mode-pairing protocol can achieve key rates comparable to those of a single quantum link between two trusted nodes on the Beijing-Shanghai backbone line, effectively reducing the need for half of the trusted nodes. These field tests confirm the mode-pairing scheme’s adaptability, efficiency, and practicality, positioning it as a highly suitable protocol for quantum networks.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"295 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1364/optica.521764
Yangyang Liu, Shima Gholam-Mirzaei, Dipendra Khatri, Tran-Chau Truong, Troie D. Journigan, Christian Cabello, Christopher Lantigua, André Staudte, Paul B. Corkum, Michael Chini
{"title":"Field-resolved space–time characterization of few-cycle structured light pulses","authors":"Yangyang Liu, Shima Gholam-Mirzaei, Dipendra Khatri, Tran-Chau Truong, Troie D. Journigan, Christian Cabello, Christopher Lantigua, André Staudte, Paul B. Corkum, Michael Chini","doi":"10.1364/optica.521764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.521764","url":null,"abstract":"Accompanied by the rapid development of ultrafast laser platforms in recent decades, the spatiotemporal manipulation of ultrashort laser pulses has attracted much attention due to the potential for cutting-edge applications of structured light, including optical tweezers, optical communications, super-resolution imaging, time-resolved spectroscopy in molecules and quantum materials, and strong-field physics. Today, techniques capable of characterizing the full spatial, temporal, and polarization state properties of structured light are strongly desired. Here, we demonstrate a technique, termed 3D TIPTOE, for characterizing structured mid-infrared waveforms, which uses only a two-dimensional silicon-based image sensor as both the detector and the nonlinear medium. By combining the advantages of the sub-cycle time resolution afforded by nonlinear excitation and the spatial resolution inherent to the two-dimensional sensor, the 3D TIPTOE technique allows full characterization of structured electric fields, significantly reducing the complexity of detection compared to other techniques. The validity of the technique is established by measuring both few-cycle Bessel–Gaussian pulses and radially polarized femtosecond vector beams.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wide-field, high-resolution reconstruction in computational multi-aperture miniscope using a Fourier neural network","authors":"Qianwan Yang, Ruipeng Guo, Guorong Hu, Yujia Xue, Yunzhe Li, Lei Tian","doi":"10.1364/optica.523636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.523636","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional fluorescence microscopy is constrained by inherent trade-offs among resolution, field of view, and system complexity. To navigate these challenges, we introduce a simple and low-cost computational multi-aperture miniature microscope, utilizing a microlens array for single-shot wide-field, high-resolution imaging. Addressing the challenges posed by extensive view multiplexing and non-local, shift-variant aberrations in this device, we present SV-FourierNet, a multi-channel Fourier neural network. SV-FourierNet facilitates high-resolution image reconstruction across the entire imaging field through its learned global receptive field. We establish a close relationship between the physical spatially varying point-spread functions and the network’s learned effective receptive field. This ensures that SV-FourierNet has effectively encapsulated the spatially varying aberrations in our system and learned a physically meaningful function for image reconstruction. Training of SV-FourierNet is conducted entirely on a physics-based simulator. We showcase wide-field, high-resolution video reconstructions on colonies of freely moving <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. elegans</jats:italic> and imaging of a mouse brain section. Our computational multi-aperture miniature microscope, augmented with SV-FourierNet, represents a major advancement in computational microscopy and may find broad applications in biomedical research and other fields requiring compact microscopy solutions.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1364/optica.525961
Bianca Rae Fabricante, Mateusz Król, Matthias Wurdack, Maciej Pieczarka, Mark Steger, David W. Snoke, Kenneth West, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Andrew G. Truscott, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Eliezer Estrecho
{"title":"Narrow-linewidth exciton-polariton laser","authors":"Bianca Rae Fabricante, Mateusz Król, Matthias Wurdack, Maciej Pieczarka, Mark Steger, David W. Snoke, Kenneth West, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Andrew G. Truscott, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Eliezer Estrecho","doi":"10.1364/optica.525961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.525961","url":null,"abstract":"Exciton-polariton lasers are a promising source of coherent light for low-energy applications due to their low-threshold operation. However, a detailed experimental study of their spectral purity, which directly affects their coherence properties, is still missing. Here, we present a high-resolution spectroscopic investigation of the energy and linewidth of an exciton-polariton laser in the single-mode regime, which derives its coherent emission from an optically pumped and confined exciton-polariton condensate. We report an ultra-narrow linewidth of 56 MHz or 0.24 µeV, corresponding to a coherence time of 5.7 ns. The narrow linewidth is consistently achieved by using an exciton-polariton condensate with a high photonic content confined in an optically induced trap. Contrary to previous studies, we show that the excitonic reservoir created by the pump and responsible for creating the trap does not strongly affect the emission linewidth as long as the condensate is trapped and the pump power is well above the condensation (lasing) threshold. The long coherence time of the exciton-polariton system uncovered here opens up opportunities for manipulating its macroscopic quantum state, which is essential for applications in classical and quantum computing.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-05-17DOI: 10.1364/optica.503095
Adam Widomski, Maciej Ogrodnik, Michał Karpiński
{"title":"Efficient detection of multidimensional single-photon time-bin superpositions","authors":"Adam Widomski, Maciej Ogrodnik, Michał Karpiński","doi":"10.1364/optica.503095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.503095","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to detect quantum superpositions lies at the heart of fundamental and applied aspects of quantum mechanics. The time-frequency degree of freedom of light enables encoding and transmitting quantum information in a multidimensional fashion compatible with fiber and integrated platforms. However, the ability to efficiently detect high-dimensional time-bin superpositions, a subset of encodings in the wider time-frequency paradigm, is not yet available. Here we show that multidimensional time-bin superpositions can be detected using a single time-resolved photon detector. Our approach uses off-the-shelf components and is based on the temporal Talbot effect—a time-frequency counterpart of the well-known near field diffraction effect. We provide experimental results and highlight the possible applications in quantum communication, quantum information processing, and time-frequency quantum state tomography.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141872982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1364/optica.524812
Sami Wirtensohn, Peng Qi, Christian David, Julia Herzen, Imke Greving, Silja Flenner
{"title":"Nanoscale dark-field imaging in full-field transmission X-ray microscopy","authors":"Sami Wirtensohn, Peng Qi, Christian David, Julia Herzen, Imke Greving, Silja Flenner","doi":"10.1364/optica.524812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.524812","url":null,"abstract":"The dark-field signal uncovers details beyond conventional X-ray attenuation contrast, which is especially valuable for material sciences. In particular, dark-field techniques are able to reveal structures beyond the spatial resolution of a setup. However, its implementation is limited to the micrometer regime. Therefore, we propose a technique to extend full-field transmission X-ray microscopy by the dark-field signal. The proposed method is based on a well-defined illumination of a beam-shaping condenser, which allows to block the bright field by motorized apertures in the back focal plane of the objective lens. This method offers a simple implementation and enables rapid modality changes while maintaining short scan times, making dark-field imaging widely available at the nanometer scale.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OpticaPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1364/optica.522378
Mostafa Honari Latifpour, Byoung Jun Park, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Myoung-Gyun Suh
{"title":"Hyperspectral in-memory computing with optical frequency combs and programmable optical memories","authors":"Mostafa Honari Latifpour, Byoung Jun Park, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Myoung-Gyun Suh","doi":"10.1364/optica.522378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.522378","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid rise of machine learning drives demand for extensive matrix-vector multiplication operations, thereby challenging the capacities of traditional von Neumann computing systems. Researchers explore alternatives, such as in-memory computing architecture, to find energy-efficient solutions. In particular, there is renewed interest in optical computing systems, which could potentially handle matrix-vector multiplication in a more energy-efficient way. Despite promising initial results, developing high-throughput optical computing systems to rival electronic hardware remains a challenge. Here, we propose and demonstrate a hyperspectral in-memory computing architecture, which simultaneously utilizes space and frequency multiplexing, using optical frequency combs and programmable optical memories. Our carefully designed three-dimensional opto-electronic computing system offers remarkable parallelism, programmability, and scalability, overcoming typical limitations of optical computing. We have experimentally demonstrated highly parallel, single-shot multiply-accumulate operations with precision exceeding 4 bits in both matrix-vector and matrix-matrix multiplications, suggesting the system’s potential for a wide variety of deep learning and optimization tasks. Our approach presents a realistic pathway to scale beyond peta operations per second, a major stride towards high-throughput, energy-efficient optical computing.","PeriodicalId":19515,"journal":{"name":"Optica","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}