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Efficient Multiphoton Generation in Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics

González-Tudela, A. and Paulisch, V. and Kimble, H. J. and Cirac, J. I. (2017) Efficient Multiphoton Generation in Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics. Physical Review Letters, 118 (21). Art. No. 213601. ISSN 0031-9007. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.213601. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170511-121816378

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Abstract

Engineering quantum states of light is at the basis of many quantum technologies such as quantum cryptography, teleportation, or metrology among others. Though, single photons can be generated in many scenarios, the efficient and reliable generation of complex single-mode multiphoton states is still a long-standing goal in the field, as current methods either suffer from low fidelities or small probabilities. Here we discuss several protocols which harness the strong and long-range atomic interactions induced by waveguide QED to efficiently load excitations in a collection of atoms, which can then be triggered to produce the desired multiphoton state. In order to boost the success probability and fidelity of each excitation process, atoms are used to both generate the excitations in the rest, as well as to herald the successful generation. Furthermore, to overcome the exponential scaling of the probability of success with the number of excitations, we design a protocol to merge excitations that are present in different internal atomic levels with a polynomial scaling.


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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.213601DOIArticle
https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01243arXivDiscussion Paper
Alternate Title:Reliable multiphoton generation in waveguide QED
Additional Information:© 2017 American Physical Society. Received 2 November 2016; published 24 May 2017. The work of A. G.-T, V. P., and J. I. C. was funded by the European Union integrated project Simulators and Interfaces with Quantum Systems (SIQS). A. G.-T. also acknowledges support from Intra-European Marie-Curie Fellowship NanoQuIS (625955). V. P. acknowledges the Cluster of Excellence NIM. H. J. K. acknowledges funding by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Photonic Quantum Matter (PQM) and Quantum Memories in Photon-Atomic-Solid State Systems (QuMPASS) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI), by the Institute of Quantum Information and Matter, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics Frontier Center with support of the Moore Foundation by the Department of Defense National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows (DoD NSSEFF) program, by NSF PHY1205729 and support as a Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics Distinguished Scholar.
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European UnionUNSPECIFIED
Marie Curie Fellowship625955
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)UNSPECIFIED
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)UNSPECIFIED
Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationUNSPECIFIED
National Security Science and Engineering Faculty FellowshipUNSPECIFIED
NSFPHY-1205729
Max Planck InstituteUNSPECIFIED
Issue or Number:21
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.213601
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