Course: Experimental Quantum Optics

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Course title Experimental Quantum Optics
Course code OPT/PGEK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ježek Miroslav, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Dušek Miloslav, prof. RNDr. Dr.
  • Fiurášek Jaromír, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Preparation, manipulation, and detection of quantum states of light: squeezed light, Fock states, Hong-Ou-Mandel interference, photon subtraction and addition, entangled photon states; single-photon detectors and photon-counting detectors, measurement of correlation functions and statistics, time-resolved photon detection, homodyne and heterodyne detection, hybrid detection methods, detection of nonclassical properties of light; encoding of quantum bits and their measurement, experimental optical quantum computing and simulation; interactions of atoms with photons in optical resonators and in evanescent fields, single-particle nonlinearity; quantum dots, NV centers, plasmons.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Laboratory Work
Learning outcomes
Acquiring knowledge and skills in the field of experimental quantum optics.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of physics at the master's level.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Knowledge covering the scope of the course.
Recommended literature
  • A. I. Lvovsky, et al. Production and applications of non-Gaussian quantum states of light, arXiv:2006.16985 (2020). .
  • A. I. Lvovsky, M. G. Raymer. Continuous-variable optical quantum-state tomography, Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 299 (2009). .
  • A. Migdall et al. Single-Photon Generation and Detection: Physics and Applications. .
  • C. Schimpf, et al. Quantum dots as potential sources of strongly entangled photons: Perspectives and challenges for applications in quantum networks, Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 100502 (2021). .
  • C. Toninelli, et al. Single organic molecules for photonic quantum technologies, Nat. Materials 20, 1615 (2021). .
  • F. Flamini, et al. Photonic quantum information processing: a review, Rep. Prog. Phys. 82 016001 (2019). .
  • H.-A. Bachor, T. C. Ralph. A Guide to Experiments in Quantum Optics. .
  • I. E. Zadeh, et al. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: A perspective on evolution, state-of-the-art, future developments, and applications, Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 190502 (2021). .
  • M. Barbieri. Optical Quantum Metrology, PRX Quantum 3, 010202 (2022). .
  • M. Beck. Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. .
  • M. D. Eisaman, et al. Single-photon sources and detectors, Rev. Sci. Inst. 82, 071101 (2011). .
  • M. Erhard, et al. Advances in high-dimensional quantum entanglement, Nat. Rev. Phys. 2, 365 (2020). .
  • M. Fox. Quantum Optics: An Introduction. .
  • S. Slussarenko, G. J. Pryde. Photonic quantum information processing: A concise review, Appl. Phys. Rev. 6, 041303 (2019). .
  • T. D. Ladd, et al. Quantum computers, Nature 464, 45 (2010). .
  • U. L. Andersen, et al. Hybrid discrete- and continuous-variable quantum information, Nat. Phys. 11, 713 (2015). .
  • Y. Arakawa, M. J. Holmes. Progress in quantum-dot single photon sources for quantum information technologies: A broad spectrum overview, Appl. Phys. Rev. 7, 021309 (2020). .


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Optics and Optoelectronics (2019) Category: Physics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Optics and Optoelectronics (2025) Category: Physics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -