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Generation of optical Schrodinger cat states by number-resolved squeezed photon subtraction

July 23, 2010
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Scott C. Glancy, Tracy S. Clement, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Aaron J. Miller, Alan L. Migdall, Aaron J. Miller, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin, Emanuel H. Knill
We have generated and measured an approximation of an optical Schrödinger cat state by photon subtraction from squeezed vacuum. Figure 1 shows the experimental scheme. Photons are probabilistically subtracted from squeezed vacuum and detected with a photon

Dark pulse quantum dot diode laser

June 7, 2010
Author(s)
Mingming M. Feng, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard P. Mirin, Steven T. Cundiff
We describe an operating regime for passively mode-locked quantum dot diode laser where the output consists of a train of dark pulses, i.e., intensity dips on a continuous background. We show that a dark pulse train is a solution to the master equation for

Wavelength bistability and switching in two-section quantum-dot diode lasers

June 1, 2010
Author(s)
Mingming M. Feng, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard P. Mirin, Steven T. Cundiff
We report lasing wavelength bistability with respect to applied bias on the saturable absorbers in two-section mode-locked quantum dot lasers. We show data from three different devices exhibiting wavelength bistability. All lasers display wavelength

Analysis of photoconductive gain as it applies to single-photon detection

March 30, 2010
Author(s)
Mary A. Rowe, G. M. Salley, E. J. Gansen, Shelley M. Etzel, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
We detail a mathematical framework for photoconductive gain applied to the detection of single photons. Because photoconductive gain is derived from the ability to measure current change for an extended period, its magnitude is reduced as detection speed

Fabrication of GaAs/AlOx micropillars for small mode volume

January 20, 2010
Author(s)
Richard P. Mirin
Micropillar devices have shown promise as single photon sources for applications in quantum key distribution as well as single photon metrology and fundamental science. For higher temperature operation (77K), a high quality (Q) factor cavity and a small

High-Order Coherences of Chaotic and Coherent Optical States

January 12, 2010
Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Eric Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate a new approach to measuring high-order temporal coherences that uses a four-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. The four independent, interleaved single-photonsensitive elements parse a single spatial mode of an optical

Innovations in Maximum Likelihood Quantum State Tomography

October 9, 2009
Author(s)
Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Aaron J. Miller, Alan L. Migdall, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
At NIST we are engaged in an experiment whose goal is to create superpositions of optical coherent states (such superpositions are sometimes called "Schroedinger cat" states). We use homodyne detection to measure the light, and we apply maximum likelihood

Measuring high-order coherences of chaotic and coherent optical states

August 24, 2009
Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Eric Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate a new approach to measuring high-order temporal coherences that uses a four-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) in which four independent, single-photon-sensitive elements are interleaved over a single spatial

Intensity dynamics in semiconductor laser arrays

July 13, 2009
Author(s)
Kevin L. Silverman, Mingming M. Feng, Richard P. Mirin, Steven T. Cundiff, Matt Williams, J. Nathan N. Kutz
The dynamics of a five-emitter semiconductor laser array is studied theoretically with steady-state, oscillatory, and chaotic behaviors achieved. This provides a design tool for achieving oscillations whose frequency is related to injection current.

Generation of optical Schrodinger cat states by number-resolved squeezed photon subtraction

May 31, 2009
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Scott C. Glancy, Tracy S. Clement, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Aaron J. Miller, Alan L. Migdall, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin, Emanuel H. Knill
We have generated and measured an approximation of an optical Schrödinger cat state by photon subtraction from a squeezed state. Using single-photon avalanche photodiode detectors and photon-number-resolving transition edge sensors, we were able to extract

Intensity dynamics in a waveguide array laser

May 31, 2009
Author(s)
Mingming M. Feng, Steven T. Cundiff, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard Mirin, Matt Williams, J. Nathan N. Kutz
We report the intensity dynamics of a five-emitter laser array subject to a linearly decreasing injection current. The array produces oscillatory power output with a nearly Pi phase shift between the oscillations of adjacent waveguides.

Third- and fourth-order coherences measured with a multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

May 29, 2009
Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Eric Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate a technique for measuring third- and fourth-order coherences using a multi-element detector consisting of four independent, interleaved superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, and observe strong bunching from a chaotic light source

Topography of epitaxial GaAs surfaces for growth

April 30, 2009
Author(s)
Susan Y. Lehman, Alexana Roshko, Richard Mirin, Kristine A. Bertness, Todd E. Harvey, Keith D. Cobry
The topography and surface roughness of (100) GaAs substrates and buffers after different preparation procedures were determined from atomic force microscopy measurements. The influence of substrate aging and chemical etching on buffers grown by molecular

Measuring intensity correlations with a two-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

November 24, 2008
Author(s)
Eric Dauler, Martin Stevens, Burm Baek, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Karl Berggren
Second-order intensity correlation measurements were made using a two-element superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) without the need for an optical beam splitter. This approach can be used to obtain a 50-ps full width at half maximum

Diagnosis of Pulsed Squeezing in Multiple Temporal Modes

August 26, 2008
Author(s)
Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Martin J. Stevens, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
When one makes squeezed light by downconversion of a pulsed pump laser, many temporal / spectral modes are simultaneously squeezed by different amounts. There is no guarantee that any of these modes matches the pump or the local oscillator used to measure

Hanbury Brown-Twiss interferometry without a beamsplitter

August 19, 2008
Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Eric Dauler, Burm Baek, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate Hanbury-Brown Twiss interferometry without a beamsplitter, by employing a single-mode optical fiber coupled to a multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector.

Homodyne detection of optical cat states generated by squeezed light photon subtraction

August 19, 2008
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Scott C. Glancy, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin, Emanuel H. Knill
We have experimentally created and measured an optical Schrödinger Cat State. The method relies on single photon subtraction off a squeezed vacuum state and conditioning a homodyne measurement on the detection of that photon.

Improving squeezing purity from a KNbO 3 crystal by temperature tuning

May 4, 2008
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Scott Glancy, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Emanuel Knill
We show a method to increase the purity of a squeezed state generated by a femtosecond laser and down-conversion crystal. The method relies on temperature tuning the down- and up-converting crystals, which changes the spatial and spectral output mode of

Designing high electron mobility transistor heterostructures with quantum dots for efficient, number-resolving photon detection

May 1, 2008
Author(s)
Mary A. Rowe, Eric Gansen, M. Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
We describe the design of the epitaxial layers for an efficient, photon-number-determining detector that utilizes a layer of self-assembled quantum dots as an optically addressable gate in a field-effect transistor. Our design features a dedicated

Submicrometer photoresponse mapping of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors

December 13, 2007
Author(s)
Robert Hadfield, Paul A. Dalgarno, John A. O'Connor, Euan Ramsay, Richard Warburton, Eric Gansen, Burm Baek, Martin Stevens, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We report on the photoresponse mapping of nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors using a focal spot significantly smaller than the device area (10X10 υ 2). Using a confocal microscope configuration and solid immersion lens, we achieve a spot size

Photon-number-discriminating detection using a quantum-dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor

October 1, 2007
Author(s)
Eric Gansen, Mary A. Rowe, M. Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Todd E. Harvey, Mark Su, Robert Hadfield, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin
Detectors with the capability to directly measure the photon number of a pulse of light 1-3 enable linear optics quantum computing 4, affect the security of quantum communications 5, and can be used to characterize 6-8 and herald 9 non-classical states of
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