Quantum information with continuous variables of atoms and light

• Grant number: 10/08448-2
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: December 01, 2010 - December 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Alberto Nussenzveig
• Grantee: Paulo Alberto Nussenzveig
• Home Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo, SP, Brazil
• Co-Principal Investigators: Marcelo Martinelli
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/25403-3 - Quantum information with continuous variables of atoms and light, BP.IC; 13/26757-0 - Continuous variable quantum information on silicon chips, BP.DR; 13/00958-0 - Quantum teleportation between light of different colors, BP.PD; + associated scholarships 12/25245-3 - Teleportation of quantum information between fields of different colors, BP.DR; 11/22410-0 - Quantum information processing in continuous variables, BP.DR; 11/12140-6 - Quantum optics and quantum information on silicon chips, BE.PQ; 11/16559-1 - Quantum information with continuous variables of atoms and light, BP.PD; 10/15342-6 - Coherent processes in atomic media: interfaces for the exchange of quantum information between atoms and light, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Abstract

Quantum Information Science attracts considerable attention owing to its fundamental character, on the one hand, since information is physical, meaning that physical systems are needed to store, process, and transmit it; and, on the other hand, to the potential technological applications. Since present-day computing is based on binary logic, it is natural to search for extensions in discrete quantum systems, containing only two levels, the so-called quantum bits, or qubits. There is, nevertheless, a growing interest in the use of continuous variable systems, typically in Quantum Optics, because techniques for creation and detection of non-classical states of light are well-known and mastered. Our group is among the few in Brazil to work on continuous variable systems, especially from the experimental viewpoint. We have studied the interaction of light with coherently prepared atomic media in the framework of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency, EIT. We have also studied entanglement between the bright beams produced by an Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO). In the next four years, we expect to perform a series of experiments, mainly to: study a quantum key distribution protocol, using the entangled twin beams from the OPO; implement quantum teleportation with color conversion, by using the (frequency) nondegenerate twin beams (this is already funded, in a project awarded to Prof. Marcelo Martinelli; no supplementary funding is requested for this investigation here); study the recently generated pump-signal-idler tripartite entanglement in the OPO; study the phenomenon of "entanglement sudden death" in continuous variable systems, recently discovered by us; use the tripartite entanglement for quantum information tasks, such as communications; observe non-classical properties of light, such as squeezing and entanglement, by interaction with coherently prepared atomic media; investigate, both theoretically and experimentally, ways to exchange quantum information between atomic systems and bright light beams, bringing together these two general research subjects. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

THEOPHILO, K.; KUMAR, A.; FLOREZ, H. M.; GONZALEZ-ARCINIEGAS, C.; NUSSENZVEIG, P.; MARTINELLI, M. Probing light forces on cold atoms by noise correlation spectroscopy. Physical Review A, v. 98, n. 5 NOV 19 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BARBOSA, F. A. S.; COELHO, A. S.; MUNOZ-MARTINEZ, L. F.; ORTIZ-GUTIERREZ, L.; VILLAR, A. S.; NUSSENZVEIG, P.; MARTINELLI, M. Hexapartite Entanglement in an above-Threshold Optical Parametric Oscillator. Physical Review Letters, v. 121, n. 7 AUG 13 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.

MUNOZ-MARTINEZ, LUIS F.; SILVA BARBOSA, FELIPPE ALEXANDRE; COELHO, ANTONIO SALES; ORTIZ-GUTIERREZ, LUIS; MARTINELLI, MARCELO; NUSSENZVEIG, PAULO; VILLAR, ALESSANDRO S. Exploring six modes of an optical parametric oscillator. Physical Review A, v. 98, n. 2 AUG 13 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

RODRIGUES, R. B.; GONZALES, J.; PINHEIRO DA SILVA, B.; HUGUENIN, J. A. O.; MARTINELLI, M.; MEDEIROS DE ARAUJO, R.; SOUZA, C. E. R.; KHOURY, A. Z. Orbital angular momentum symmetry in a driven optical parametric oscillator. OPTICS LETTERS, v. 43, n. 11, p. 2486-2489, JUN 1 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

FLOREZ, H. M.; KUMAR, A.; THEOPHILO, K.; NUSSENZVEIG, P.; MARTINELLI, M. Correlation spectroscopy in cold atoms: Light sideband resonances in electromagnetically-induced-transparency condition. Physical Review A, v. 94, n. 1 JUL 6 2016. Web of Science Citations: 1.

COELHO, A. S.; BARBOSA, F. A. S.; CASSEMIRO, K. N.; MARTINELLI, M.; VILLAR, A. S.; NUSSENZVEIG, P. Analyzing the Gaussian character of the spectral quantum state of light via quantum noise measurements. Physical Review A, v. 92, n. 1 JUL 13 2015. Web of Science Citations: 3.

BARBOSA, F. A. S.; COELHO, A. S.; CASSEMIRO, K. N.; NUSSENZVEIG, P.; FABRE, C.; MARTINELLI, M.; VILLAR, A. S. Beyond Spectral Homodyne Detection: Complete Quantum Measurement of Spectral Modes of Light. Physical Review Letters, v. 111, n. 20 NOV 14 2013. Web of Science Citations: 13.

BARBOSA, F. A. S.; COELHO, A. S.; CASSEMIRO, K. N.; NUSSENZVEIG, P.; FABRE, C.; VILLAR, A. S.; MARTINELLI, M. Quantum state reconstruction of spectral field modes: Homodyne and resonator detection schemes. Physical Review A, v. 88, n. 5 NOV 14 2013. Web of Science Citations: 8.

FLOREZ, H. M.; CRUZ, L. S.; DE MIRANDA, M. H. G.; DE OLIVEIRA, R. A.; TABOSA, J. W. R.; MARTINELLI, M.; FELINTO, D. Power-broadening-free correlation spectroscopy in cold atoms. Physical Review A, v. 88, n. 3 SEP 5 2013. Web of Science Citations: 7.