Dans ce mémoire, je démontre que la distribution de probabilités de l'état quantique Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) sous l'action locale de mesures de von Neumann indépendantes sur chaque qubit suit une distribution qui est une combinaison convexe de deux distributions. Les coefficients de la combinaison sont reliés aux parties équatoriales des mesures et les distributions associées à ces coefficients sont reliées aux parties réelles des mesures. Une application possible du résultat est qu'il permet de scinder en deux la simulation de l'état GHZ. Simuler, en pire cas ou en moyenne, un état quantique comme GHZ avec des ressources aléatoires, partagées ou privées, et des ressources classiques de communication, ou même des ressources fantaisistes comme les boîtes non locales, est un problème important en complexité de la communication quantique. On peut penser à ce problème de simulation comme un problème où plusieurs personnes obtiennent chacune une mesure de von Neumann à appliquer sur le sous-système de l'état GHZ qu'il partage avec les autres personnes. Chaque personne ne connaît que les données décrivant sa mesure et d'aucune façon une personne ne connaît les données décrivant la mesure d'une autre personne. Chaque personne obtient un résultat aléatoire classique. La distribution conjointe de ces résultats aléatoires classiques suit la distribution de probabilités trouvée dans ce mémoire. Le but est de simuler classiquement la distribution de probabilités de l'état GHZ. Mon résultat indique une marche à suivre qui consiste d'abord à simuler les parties équatoriales des mesures pour pouvoir ensuite savoir laquelle des distributions associées aux parties réelles des mesures il faut simuler. D'autres chercheurs ont trouvé comment simuler les parties équatoriales des mesures de von Neumann avec de la communication classique dans le cas de 3 personnes, mais la simulation des parties réelles résiste encore et toujours. / In this Master's thesis, I show that the probability distribution of the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger quantum state (GHZ) under local action of independent von Neumann measurements follows a convex distribution of two distributions.The coefficients of the combination are related to the equatorial parts of the measurements, and the distributions associated with those coefficients are associated with the real parts of the measurements. One possible application of my result is that it allows one to split into two pieces the simulation of the GHZ state. Simulating, in worst case or in average, a quantum state like the GHZ state with random resources, shared or private, as well as with classical communication resources or even odd resources like nonlocal boxes is a very important in the theory of quantum communication complexity. We can think of this simulation problem as a problem in which many people get the description of a von Neumann measurement. Each party does not know the description of any other measurements belonging to the other parties. Each party after having applied his measurement on the subsystem of the state that he shares with the others gets a classical outcome. The joint distribution of the outcomes of every parties follows the distribution studied in this thesis in the case of the GHZ state. My result indicates that in order to simulate the distribution, we can first simulate the equatorial parts of the measurements in order to know which distribution associated to the real parts of the measurements to simulate. Other researchers have found how to simulate the equatorial parts of the von Neumann measurements with classical resources in the case of 3 parties, but it is still unknown how to simulate the real parts.

Strong resonant dipole-dipole interactions in flexible Rydberg aggregates enable the formation of excitons, many-body states which collectively share excitation between atoms. Exciting the most energetic exciton of a linear Rydberg chain whose outer two atoms on one end are closely spaced causes the initiation of an exciton pulse for which electronic excitation and diatomic proximity propagate directed through the chain. The emerging transport of excitation is largely adiabatic and is enabled by the interplay between atomic motion and dynamical variation of the exciton. Here, we demonstrate the coherent splitting of such pulses into two modes, which induce strongly different atomic motion, leading to clear signatures of nonadiabatic effects in atomic density profiles. The mechanism exploits local nonadiabatic effects at a conical intersection, turning them from a decoherence source into an asset. The conical intersection is a consequence of the exciton pulses moving along a linear Rydberg chain and approaching an additional linear, perpendicularly aligned Rydberg chain. The intersection provides a sensitive knob controlling the propagation direction and coherence properties of exciton pulses. We demonstrate that this scenario can be exploited as an exciton switch, controlling direction and coherence properties of the joint pulse on the second of the chains. Initially, we demonstrate the pulse splitting on planar aggregates with atomic motion one-dimensionally constrained and employing isotropic interactions. Subsequently, we confirm the splitting mechanism for a fully realistic scenario in which all spatial restrictions are removed and the full anisotropy of the dipole-dipole interactions is taken into account. Our results enable the experimental observation of non-adiabatic electronic dynamics and entanglement transport with Rydberg atoms. The conical intersection crossings are clearly evident, both in atomic mean position information and excited state spectra of the Rydberg system. This suggests flexible Rydberg aggregates as a test-bench for quantum chemical effects in experiments on much inflated length scales. The fundamental ideas discussed here have general implications for excitons on a dynamic network.

Pour décrire les vibrations à l'intérieur des molécules diatomiques, le potentiel de Morse est une meilleure approximation que le système de l'oscillateur harmonique. Ainsi, en se basant sur la définition des états cohérents et comprimés donnée dans le cadre du problème de l'oscillateur harmonique, la première partie de ce travail suggère une construction des états cohérents et comprimés pour le potentiel de Morse. Deux types d’états seront construits et leurs différentes propriétés seront étudiées en portant une attention particulière aux trajectoires et aux dispersions afin de confirmer la quasi-classicité de ces états. La deuxième partie de ce travail propose d'insérer ces deux types d’états cohérents et comprimés de Morse dans un miroir semi-transparent afin d'introduire un nouveau moyen de créer de l'intrication. Cette intrication sera mesurée à l’aide de l’entropie linéaire et nous étudierons la dépendance par rapport aux paramètres de cohérence et de compression. / In order to describe the vibrations inside a diatomic molecule, the Morse potential is a better approximation than the harmonic oscillator system. Thus, based on the definition of the coherent states given in the context of the harmonic oscillator, the first part of this work suggests a construction for the squeezed coherent states of the Morse potential. Two types of states will be constructed and their diverse properties will be studied with special attention to the trajectories and dispersions in order to confirm their quasi-classicity. The second part of this work proposes to insert those two types of Morse squeezed coherent states in a beam splitter in order to introduce a new way of creating entanglement. This entanglement will be measured by the linear entropy and we will study the dependence with the coherence and squeezing parameters.

Cette thèse porte sur l’étude des interactions dipôle-dipôle entre des atomes de Rydberg froids formés au sein d'un jet supersonique, en particulier sur l'étude des transitions Landau-Zener autour d'une résonance de Förster dans des sytèmes de paires d'atomes de Rydberg. L'adiabaticité de la transition dépend de la distance entre les atomes de la paire et est contrôlée par l'application d'un champ électrique homogène dépendant du temps. L'étude des processus binaires, non collisionnels et dont l'efficacité est contrôlé par l'expérimentateur, permet de sonder l'environnement de chaque atome et constitue une mesure de la distribution de plus proches voisins. Nous en déduisons une méthode originale de mesure directe et précise de la densité d'un gaz de Rydberg. Cette méthode ne nécessite ni la connaissance du nombre d'atomes de Rydberg ni celle du volume du gaz. Après un passage adiabatique de paire, les atomes de Rydberg constituant cette paire se trouvent dans un état intriqué. Nous proposons une méthode pour prouver leur intrication, fondée sur la mesure de la fluctuation quantique au cours d'oscillations de Rabi entre des états de paire. / This thesis deals with the study of dipole-dipole interaction between Rydberg atoms, in particular of Landau-Zener transitions around a Förster resonance for Rydberg atoms pairs. The adiabaticity of the transition depends of the interatomic distance and is controlled by a time-dependant electric field. The adiabatic transition efficiency is the control knob to probe the nearest neighbour distribution. We infer a new and original method to measure the density of a gas very accurately by probing the nearest neighbour distibution in the gas, which depends parametrically on its density. Such adiabatic transitions should leave the pair of Rydberg atoms in an entangled state. We investigated how quantum fluctuations could reveal the atom entanglement, in two-atom Rabi oscillation measurements.

L'objectif de cette thèse concerne la manipulation à l'échelle quantique du champ électromagnétique dans le cadre de l'information quantique à variables continues. Pour ce faire nous mélangeons les outils de l'optique quantique à variables discrètes, où la lumière est décrite en termes de photons, avec l'approche continue, traitant des quadratures du champ. Cette technique permet de produire des états non-classiques décrits par des fonctions de Wigner prenant des valeurs négatives. Nous avons pu générer des états intriqués à partir d'impulsions lumineuses initialement indépendantes et pouvant être séparées par une longue distance, l'intrication s'effectuant au travers d'un canal acceptant de fortes pertes. Nous avons ensuite démontré et caractérisé expérimentalement un protocole non-déterministe permettant d'amplifier de faibles signaux sans en amplifier le bruit quantique, augmentant ainsi le rapport signal sur bruit. Puis nous avons mis en œuvre et comparé expérimentalement différentes mesures de non-gaussianité d'un état quantique : ce caractère propre à une description continue de la lumière est d'un intérêt capital pour l'information quantique. Enfin nous avons développé et testé deux améliorations pour notre dispositif. La première est un amplificateur femtoseconde pour notre laser impulsionnel, qui permettra d'obtenir de meilleurs états de départ pour nos expériences. La deuxième est un appareil capable de discriminer le nombre de photon, donnant ainsi des résultats plus précis que ceux des détecteurs dont nous disposons actuellement qui sont uniquement capable de détecter la présence de photons. / This thesis aims at handling the electromagnetic field at a quantum scale in the area of quantum information processing. For this purpose we mixed tools of discrete variable quantum optics, where light is described in terms of photons, with the continuous approach, which uses the quadratures of the field. This technique enables the production of non-classical states which should be described by Wigner functions that takes negative values. We have generated entangled states from ultra-short light pulses initially independent and which can be separated by a long distance: the entanglement is indeed performed through a low-transmission channel. Then we have experimentally demonstrated and characterized a protocol that non-deterministically amplifies low signals without amplifying the quantum noise, increasing the signal to noise ratio. Furthermore we experimentally implement and compared several measures of the non-gaussianity of a quantum state: this characteristic, which belongs to continuous description of light, is of essential interest for quantum information processing. Finally we develop and test two improvements for our setup. The first one is a femtosecond amplifier for our pulsed laser. It will enable us to obtain better primitive states for our experiments. The second one is an apparatus that can discriminate the number of photon in a pulse, giving more accurate results than the detectors we used up to now that are only able to detect the presence of photons.

Esta tese de doutorado é devotada a problemas de campos fortes em eletrodinâmica e teoria quântica de campos. Alguns sistemas físicos bem conhecidos são estudados sob o formalismo da eletrodinâmica quântica (QED) com campos externos e eletrodinâmica não-linear. Primeiramente estudamos propriedades estatísticas de estados quânticos de Dirac e Klein-Gordon massivos que interagem com campos elétricos dependentes do tempo que viola a estabilidade do vácuo, primeiro em termos gerais e em seguida para um campo de fundo específico. Como ponto de partida, derivamos uma expressão não-perturbativa de tais campos. Construímos operadores de densidade reduzidos para subsistemas de elétrons e pósitrons e discutimos o efeito de decoerência que pode ocorrer no curso de evolução devido à uma medição intermediária. Calculamos a perda de informação em estados em QED devido a reduções parciais e uma possível decoerência por meio da entropia de von Neumann. Em seguida consideramos um campo elétrico específico, denominado por campo T-constante, como campo de fundo forte. Este modelo exatamente solúvel nos permite calcular, explicitamente, todas propriedades estatísticas de vários estados quânticos de campos massivos e carregados em consideração. Utilizamos uma abordagem não-perturbativa para a QED com X-degraus elétricos críticos e consideramos dois exemplos de configuração de campo de tipo exponencial (campo simétrico que varia lentamente e campo do tipo pico). Os números médios de partículas criadas por essas configurações de campo são calculados. As condições quando espaços \"in\" e \"out\" de QED com campos em consideração são unitariamente equivalentes são obtidos. Então construímos um operador de densidade geral, cuja condição inicial é o vácuo. Tal operador descreve a deformação de um estado de vácuo inicial por X-degraus elétricos críticos. Encontramos as reduções do estado deformado para subsistemas de elétrons e pósitrons e calculamos a perda de informação destas reduções. A consideração geral é ilustrada por meio de um estudo de estados de vácuo quântico entre duas placas de capacitor. Calculamos as medidas de emaranhamento destes estados reduzidos como entropias de von Neumann. Por fim, determinamos o campo de uma partícula puntiforme em movimento em eletrodinâmica local não-linear. Utilizamos como um modelo a lagrangiana de Euler-Heisenberg truncada no seu termo de ordem principal em uma expansão, em série de potências, do primeiro invariante de campo eletromagnético. Calculamos a energia total do campo produzido por uma partícula pontual e mostramos que a mesma é finita; portanto tornando sua configuração de campo como um sóliton. Definimos o tensor de energia-momento finito para esta configuração e demonstramos que suas componentes satisfazem a relação mecânica padrão de uma partícula massiva livre que se move. / This thesis is devoted to strong field problems in electrodynamics and quantum field theory. Some well known physical systems are studied in a framework of quantum electrodynamics with external field and nonlinear electrodynamics. First, the statistical properties of states of quantized charged massive Dirac and Klein-Gordon fields interacting with a time-dependent background that violates the vacuum stability, first in general terms and then for a special electromagnetic background. As a starting point, a nonperturbative expression for the density operators of such fields. The reduced density operators for electron and positron subsystems are constructed and a decoherence that may occur in course of the evolution due to an intermediate measurement is discussed. The loss of the information in QED states due to partial reductions and a possible decoherence is studied by calculating the von Neumann entropy. Next, the so-called T-constant external electric field as an external background is considered. This exactly solvable example allows the explicit calculation of all statistical properties for various quantum states of the massive charged fields under consideration. Next, a nonperturbative approach to QED with x-electric critical potential steps is used. The general consideration is illustrated by the example of so-called exponential in two different configurations (slowly varying field and sharp peak field); differential and full mean numbers of particles created by these field configurations are calculated. The conditions when in- and out- spaces of the QED under consideration are unitarily equivalent are found. Then, a general density operator with the vacuum initial condition is constructed. Such an operator describes a deformation of the initial vacuum state by x-electric critical potential steps. The reductions of the deformed state to electron and positron subsystems are found, and the loss of the information in these reductions is calculated. The general consideration is illustrated by studying the deformation of the quantum vacuum between two capacitor plates. The entanglement measures of these reduced states are calculated as von Neumann entropies. Third, the field of a moving pointlike charge is determined in nonlinear local electrodynamics. The Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian of quantum electrodynamics truncated at the leading term of its expansion in powers of the first field invariant is used as a model Lagrangian. The total energy of the field produced by a point charge is calculated and shown to be finite; thereby making its field configuration a soliton. A finite energy-momentum vector of this field configuration is defined to demonstrate that its components satisfy the standard mechanical relation characteristic of a freely moving massive particle

Esta tese de doutorado é devotada a problemas de campos fortes em eletrodinâmica e teoria quântica de campos. Alguns sistemas físicos bem conhecidos são estudados sob o formalismo da eletrodinâmica quântica (QED) com campos externos e eletrodinâmica não-linear. Primeiramente estudamos propriedades estatísticas de estados quânticos de Dirac e Klein-Gordon massivos que interagem com campos elétricos dependentes do tempo que viola a estabilidade do vácuo, primeiro em termos gerais e em seguida para um campo de fundo específico. Como ponto de partida, derivamos uma expressão não-perturbativa de tais campos. Construímos operadores de densidade reduzidos para subsistemas de elétrons e pósitrons e discutimos o efeito de decoerência que pode ocorrer no curso de evolução devido à uma medição intermediária. Calculamos a perda de informação em estados em QED devido a reduções parciais e uma possível decoerência por meio da entropia de von Neumann. Em seguida consideramos um campo elétrico específico, denominado por campo T-constante, como campo de fundo forte. Este modelo exatamente solúvel nos permite calcular, explicitamente, todas propriedades estatísticas de vários estados quânticos de campos massivos e carregados em consideração. Utilizamos uma abordagem não-perturbativa para a QED com X-degraus elétricos críticos e consideramos dois exemplos de configuração de campo de tipo exponencial (campo simétrico que varia lentamente e campo do tipo pico). Os números médios de partículas criadas por essas configurações de campo são calculados. As condições quando espaços \"in\" e \"out\" de QED com campos em consideração são unitariamente equivalentes são obtidos. Então construímos um operador de densidade geral, cuja condição inicial é o vácuo. Tal operador descreve a deformação de um estado de vácuo inicial por X-degraus elétricos críticos. Encontramos as reduções do estado deformado para subsistemas de elétrons e pósitrons e calculamos a perda de informação destas reduções. A consideração geral é ilustrada por meio de um estudo de estados de vácuo quântico entre duas placas de capacitor. Calculamos as medidas de emaranhamento destes estados reduzidos como entropias de von Neumann. Por fim, determinamos o campo de uma partícula puntiforme em movimento em eletrodinâmica local não-linear. Utilizamos como um modelo a lagrangiana de Euler-Heisenberg truncada no seu termo de ordem principal em uma expansão, em série de potências, do primeiro invariante de campo eletromagnético. Calculamos a energia total do campo produzido por uma partícula pontual e mostramos que a mesma é finita; portanto tornando sua configuração de campo como um sóliton. Definimos o tensor de energia-momento finito para esta configuração e demonstramos que suas componentes satisfazem a relação mecânica padrão de uma partícula massiva livre que se move. / This thesis is devoted to strong field problems in electrodynamics and quantum field theory. Some well known physical systems are studied in a framework of quantum electrodynamics with external field and nonlinear electrodynamics. First, the statistical properties of states of quantized charged massive Dirac and Klein-Gordon fields interacting with a time-dependent background that violates the vacuum stability, first in general terms and then for a special electromagnetic background. As a starting point, a nonperturbative expression for the density operators of such fields. The reduced density operators for electron and positron subsystems are constructed and a decoherence that may occur in course of the evolution due to an intermediate measurement is discussed. The loss of the information in QED states due to partial reductions and a possible decoherence is studied by calculating the von Neumann entropy. Next, the so-called T-constant external electric field as an external background is considered. This exactly solvable example allows the explicit calculation of all statistical properties for various quantum states of the massive charged fields under consideration. Next, a nonperturbative approach to QED with x-electric critical potential steps is used. The general consideration is illustrated by the example of so-called exponential in two different configurations (slowly varying field and sharp peak field); differential and full mean numbers of particles created by these field configurations are calculated. The conditions when in- and out- spaces of the QED under consideration are unitarily equivalent are found. Then, a general density operator with the vacuum initial condition is constructed. Such an operator describes a deformation of the initial vacuum state by x-electric critical potential steps. The reductions of the deformed state to electron and positron subsystems are found, and the loss of the information in these reductions is calculated. The general consideration is illustrated by studying the deformation of the quantum vacuum between two capacitor plates. The entanglement measures of these reduced states are calculated as von Neumann entropies. Third, the field of a moving pointlike charge is determined in nonlinear local electrodynamics. The Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian of quantum electrodynamics truncated at the leading term of its expansion in powers of the first field invariant is used as a model Lagrangian. The total energy of the field produced by a point charge is calculated and shown to be finite; thereby making its field configuration a soliton. A finite energy-momentum vector of this field configuration is defined to demonstrate that its components satisfy the standard mechanical relation characteristic of a freely moving massive particle

Cette thèse explore les caractéristiques uniques offertes par le mélangeur Josephson dans le domaine émergeant de l’optique quantique micro-onde. Nous avons démontré que le mixeur Josephson pouvait jouer trois rôles majeurs pour le traitement de l’information quantique. Nous avons conçu et fabriqué un amplificateur à la limite quantique avec la meilleure efficacité quantique démontrée à cette date. Cet outil crucial peut être utilisé pour la mesure microonde de systèmes mésoscopiques dont les circuits supraconducteurs. En particulier, cela nous a permis de réaliser avec succès la stabilisation de trajectoires d’un bit quantique supraconducteur par rétroaction basée sur la mesure. Ensuite, nous avons montré comment ce circuit peut générer et distribuer des radiations micro-ondes intriquées par conversion paramétrique spontanée sur des lignes de transmissions séparées dans l’espace et à des fréquences différentes. En utilisant deux mixeurs Josephson, nous avons fourni la première démonstration d’intrication non- locale entre deux champs propageants dans le domaine micro-onde, les états dits EPR. Finalement, nous avons utilisé le mixeur Josephson dans le mode de conversion de fréquence. Il se comporte alors comme un interrupteur, permettant d’ouvrir ou fermer dynamiquement l’accès à une cavité de haut facteur de qualité. L’ensemble constitue une mémoire quantique. En combinant cela avec la génération d’intrication, nous avons mesuré la distribution, le stockage et la libération sur demande d’un état intriqué. Ceci est un pré-requis pour jouer le rôle de nœud au sein d’un réseau quantique. / This thesis work explores unique features offered by the Josephson mixer in the upcoming field of microwave quantum optics. We have demonstrated three major roles the Josephson mixer could play in emerging quantum information architectures. First, we have designed and fabricated a state-of-the-art practical quantum limited amplifier with the best quantum efficiency achieved to date. This tool is crucial for probing mesoscopic systems with microwaves, and in particular superconducting circuits. Hence, it has enabled us to realize successfully the stabilization of quantum trajectories of a superconducting qubit by measurement-based feedback. Second, we have shown how this circuit can generate and distribute entangled microwave radiations on separated transmission lines at different frequencies. Using two Josephson mixers, we have provided the first demonstration of entanglement between spatially separated propagating fields in the microwave domain, the so-called Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen states. Finally, we have used the Josephson mixer as a frequency converter. Acting as a switch, it is able to dynamically turn on and off the coupling to a low loss cavity. This feature allowed us to realize a quantum memory for microwaves. In combination with the ability to generate entanglement, we have measured the time-controlled generation, storage and on-demand release of an entangled state, which is a prerequisite for nodes of a quantum network.

Les atomes neutres sont des candidats prometteurs pour la réalisation et l’étude d’états intriqués à quelques dizaines de particules. Pour générer de tels états, une approche consiste à utiliser le mécanisme de blocage dipolaire résultant des fortes interactions dipôle-dipôle entre atomes de Rydberg.Suivant cette approche, cette thèse présente la conception et la caractérisation d’un dispositif expérimental permettant de manipuler des atomes de 87Rb individuels piégés dans des pinces op- tiques microscopiques, et à les exciter vers des états de Rydberg. Un environnement électrostatique stable et des électrodes de contrôle permettent une manipulation fine de ces états. Avec deux pinces optiques séparées de quelques microns, nous démontrons le blocage de Rydberg entre deux atomes, et nous observons leur excitation collective.Enfin, en opérant en régime de blocage partiel, nous développons une méthode permettant de mesurer l’interaction de van der Waals ∆E = C6 /R6 entre deux atomes séparés par une distance R contrôlée. Les coefficients C6 obtenus pour différents états de Rydberg sont en bon accord avec des calculs théoriques ab initio, et nous observons l’augmentation spectaculaire de l’interaction en fonction du nombre quantique principal n de l’état de Rydberg. / Neutral atoms are promising candidates for the realization of entangled states involving up to a few tens of particles. To generate such states, one approach consists in using the dipole blockade mechanism, which results from the strong dipole-dipole interactions between Rydberg atoms.Following this approach, this thesis describes the design and the characterization of an experimental apparatus allowing to manipulate single 87Rb atoms trapped in microscopic optical tweezers, and to excite them towards Rydberg states. A stable electrostatic environment and controlled electrodes enable the fine manipulation of these states. Using two optical tweezers separated by a few microns, we demonstrate the Rydberg blockade between two single atoms, and we observe their collective excitation.Finally, by operating in the partial blockade regime, we develop a method allowing to measure the van der Waals interaction ∆E = C6 /R6 between two atoms separated by a controlled distance R. The C6 coefficients obtained for various Rydberg states agree well with ab initio theoretical calculations, and we observe the dramatic increase of the interaction with the principal quantum number n of the Rydberg state.

Cette thèse s’intéresse à une approche dite hybride de l’information quantique. Deux approches traditionnellement séparées, variables discrètes et variables continues, sont combinées dans une même expérience nécessitant à la fois comptage de photons (nombre de photons) et détection homodyne (quadratures). Cette architecture hybride a d’abord été utilisée pour générer des états non-gaussiens de la lumière de grande fidélité, par exemple état de Fock et chat de Schrödinger optique,qui correspondent à deux types d’encodages utilisés en information quantique. L’utilisation de détecteurs supraconducteurs à forte efficacité a permis d’obtenir un taux de préparation sans précédent, ce qui facilite l’utilisation ultérieure de ces états. Ces deux types d’état sont ensuite été combinés pour réaliser pour la première fois une intrication hybride entre qubits optiques de nature différente. Son extension à des qutrits a également été obtenue.Ces nouvelles ressources ouvrent la voie à la mise en oeuvre de réseau quantique hétérogène où les opérations et les techniques propres aux variables discrètes et continues peuvent être efficacement combinées.Ce travail de thèse a également été consacré à la mise en oeuvre d’un système de conversion de fréquence à haute efficacité et faible bruit, basé sur deux lasers à fibres synchronisés.Ce convertisseur de fréquence quantique permet non seulement d’étendre les états quantiques à des longueurs d’onde difficilement accessibles avec la technologie actuelle, mais constitue également un détecteur de photons à haute performance, surtout dans le régime infrarouge.Basé sur ce système, plusieurs applications ont ensuite été démontrées, comme la détection infrarouge résolue en nombre de photons et l’imagerie infrarouge ultra-sensible. / The thesis focuses on the experimental investigation of the optical hybrid approach forquantum information processing. Specifically, two traditionally separated approaches, i.e.the discrete and the continuous-variable ones, are combined in the same experiment with twodistinct quantum measurements based on photon counting (photon number) and homodynedetection (quadrature components).The optical hybrid approach is first applied to generate high-fidelity non-Gaussian states,e.g. Fock states and Schrödinger cat states, which correspond to two types of qubit encodingsused in optical quantum information. The use of high-efficiency superconducting nanowiresingle-photon detectors leads to an unprecedented preparation rate, which facilitates thesubsequent use of these states. For instance, the two types of states are combined to generatefor the first time a hybrid entanglement between particle-like and wave-like optical qubits, aswell as the extension to hybrid qutrit entanglement. These novel resources may pave the wayto implement heterogeneous networks where discrete and continuous-variable operations andtechniques can be efficiently combined. Additionally, we also experimentally demonstratefor the first time the so-called squeezing-induced micro-macro entangled states.During this PhD, efforts have also been dedicated to implement a high-efficiency andlow-noise frequency up-conversion system based on two synchronized fiber lasers. Suchquantum frequency converter not only permits to extend the spectra of quantum statesto difficultly accessible wavelengths with current technology, but also constitutes a highperformancephoton detector especially in the infrared regime. Based on the conversionsystem, several applications are demonstrated, such as infrared photon-number-resolvingdetection, and few-photon-level infrared imaging.