As a subset of quantum optics, single photons are one of the competing physical resources for quantum information processing. When used as carriers of quantum information, they have no equal. For the processing of quantum information, single photons have proven difficult to scale beyond the order of ⇠ 10 photons. The lack of single-photon-level interaction has led to creative approaches which rely on postselection to filter the possible measured outcomes to those which appear as though interaction occurred. This approach of post-selection leans heavily on the ability to not only generate but also detect scores of single photons simultaneously and with near perfect efficiency. Our work relaxes the emphasis which has been placed on single photons for quantum information processing to that of states with, in principle, an arbitrary number of photons. Central moment expectations on two-mode squeezed states are shown to exhibit post-selection behavior which reflects the single-photon counterpart. These measures are proven to be robust to loss and return entangled state statistics on average. With naive estimation of the central moment, states with ~ 20 modes are within reach with current technology, closing the gap between quantum states which can and cannot be classically simulated. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Fazendo uso da equivalência entre um potencial não-local e um potencial dependente da velocidade, mostramos como construir um potencial não-local capaz de gerar estados comprimidos. No contexto do modelo de Jaynes-Cummings que descreve a interação quântica de um único átomo de dois níveis com um único modo do campo eletromagnético quantizado, mostrando uma nova característica no comportamento dinâmico da inversão atômica, quando o campo é preparado em um estado coerente comprimido par. Usando o modelo de Jaynes-Cummings propomos um método para estudar o estado quântico e a variância do operador de fase, através da medida da distribuição de momento de átomos espalhados, proveniente da interação de um feixe atômico com um único modo do campo eletromagnético via interação de dois fótons. / Exploring the equivalence between a non-local and a velocity-dependent potential we show how to construct a non-local potential, which is able to generate squeezed states. In the context of the Jaynes-Cummings model we describe the quantum interaction of a single two-level atom with a single mode of a quantum electromagnetic field, showing a new feature in the dynamical behavior of atomic inversion when the electromagnetic field is prepared in an even squeezed coherent state. By using the Jaynes-Cummings model, a method to study quantum state and variance of the phase operator is proposed. The method consists in measuring the momentum distribution of atoms resulting from the interaction of a prepared atomic beam with a single mode electromagnetic field via two-photon interaction.

Fazendo uso da equivalência entre um potencial não-local e um potencial dependente da velocidade, mostramos como construir um potencial não-local capaz de gerar estados comprimidos. No contexto do modelo de Jaynes-Cummings que descreve a interação quântica de um único átomo de dois níveis com um único modo do campo eletromagnético quantizado, mostrando uma nova característica no comportamento dinâmico da inversão atômica, quando o campo é preparado em um estado coerente comprimido par. Usando o modelo de Jaynes-Cummings propomos um método para estudar o estado quântico e a variância do operador de fase, através da medida da distribuição de momento de átomos espalhados, proveniente da interação de um feixe atômico com um único modo do campo eletromagnético via interação de dois fótons. / Exploring the equivalence between a non-local and a velocity-dependent potential we show how to construct a non-local potential, which is able to generate squeezed states. In the context of the Jaynes-Cummings model we describe the quantum interaction of a single two-level atom with a single mode of a quantum electromagnetic field, showing a new feature in the dynamical behavior of atomic inversion when the electromagnetic field is prepared in an even squeezed coherent state. By using the Jaynes-Cummings model, a method to study quantum state and variance of the phase operator is proposed. The method consists in measuring the momentum distribution of atoms resulting from the interaction of a prepared atomic beam with a single mode electromagnetic field via two-photon interaction.

Num primeiro momento, abordamos neste trabalho as correlações Eistein-Podolsky-Rosen quando simuladas no âmbito da teoria clássica da radiação. Pretendemos com isso investigar o fenômeno da polarização da luz em um e outro domínios da sua descrição. Continuando em teoria da medida, através de uma implementação no modelo de colapso da função de onda proposto por Zurek, onde se observa a reversibilidade da coerência de fase, apresentamos expressões para os tempos de decoerência e recorrência associados. Outro tópico considerado diz respeito ao hamiltoniano quadrático dependente do tempo. Procedendo-se a uma transformação unitária associada ao método dos invariantes desenvolvido por Lewis e Riesenfeld, solucionamos a equação de Schrödinger e apresentamos o operador de evolução. Uma análise dos estados \"squeezed\" da radiação é apresentada segundo trajetórias no espaço de fase. A consideração do método empregado, segundo algumas aproximações, possibilita a abordagem do processo de dissipação/flutuação junto ao hamiltoniano original, numa análise mais realista do que compreende um amplo espectro de modelos físicos, tais como o oscilador ou partícula carregada em presença de um campo eletromagnético não homogêneo e as armadilhas de Paul. / At the beging, we tackle in this work the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations when simulated in the radiation classic theory. We attempt in this way to study the light polarization phenomenon in both aproaches of its descriptions. Still in measurement theory, through a wave function Zurek colapse model implementation, where there is observed a phase coherence reversibility, we introduce expression for the associated decoherence and recurrence tymes. Another considered topic deals with the time-dependent quadratic hamiltonian. Carrying out a unitary transformation associated with the invariants method developed by Lewis and Riesenfeld, we solved the Schrödinger equation and we introduced the evolution operator. An squeezed states of radiation analysis is also included in the phases space trajectories. The considerations of the attempted method according to same approximations makes it possible to deal with the processes of dissipation/flutuation in the original hamiltonian, in a more realistic analysis of those physical models, such as the oscillator or charged particle in a non-homogeneous electromagnetic field and in the Paul trap.

abstract: Solution methods for certain linear and nonlinear evolution equations are presented in this dissertation. Emphasis is placed mainly on the analytical treatment of nonautonomous differential equations, which are challenging to solve despite the existent numerical and symbolic computational software programs available. Ideas from the transformation theory are adopted allowing one to solve the problems under consideration from a non-traditional perspective. First, the Cauchy initial value problem is considered for a class of nonautonomous and inhomogeneous linear diffusion-type equation on the entire real line. Explicit transformations are used to reduce the equations under study to their corresponding standard forms emphasizing on natural relations with certain Riccati(and/or Ermakov)-type systems. These relations give solvability results for the Cauchy problem of the parabolic equation considered. The superposition principle allows to solve formally this problem from an unconventional point of view. An eigenfunction expansion approach is also considered for this general evolution equation. Examples considered to corroborate the efficacy of the proposed solution methods include the Fokker-Planck equation, the Black-Scholes model and the one-factor Gaussian Hull-White model. The results obtained in the first part are used to solve the Cauchy initial value problem for certain inhomogeneous Burgers-type equation. The connection between linear (the Diffusion-type) and nonlinear (Burgers-type) parabolic equations is stress in order to establish a strong commutative relation. Traveling wave solutions of a nonautonomous Burgers equation are also investigated. Finally, it is constructed explicitly the minimum-uncertainty squeezed states for quantum harmonic oscillators. They are derived by the action of corresponding maximal kinematical invariance group on the standard ground state solution. It is shown that the product of the variances attains the required minimum value only at the instances that one variance is a minimum and the other is a maximum, when the squeezing of one of the variances occurs. Such explicit construction is possible due to the relation between the diffusion-type equation studied in the first part and the time-dependent Schrodinger equation. A modication of the radiation field operators for squeezed photons in a perfect cavity is also suggested with the help of a nonstandard solution of Heisenberg's equation of motion. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences 2013

Num primeiro momento, abordamos neste trabalho as correlações Eistein-Podolsky-Rosen quando simuladas no âmbito da teoria clássica da radiação. Pretendemos com isso investigar o fenômeno da polarização da luz em um e outro domínios da sua descrição. Continuando em teoria da medida, através de uma implementação no modelo de colapso da função de onda proposto por Zurek, onde se observa a reversibilidade da coerência de fase, apresentamos expressões para os tempos de decoerência e recorrência associados. Outro tópico considerado diz respeito ao hamiltoniano quadrático dependente do tempo. Procedendo-se a uma transformação unitária associada ao método dos invariantes desenvolvido por Lewis e Riesenfeld, solucionamos a equação de Schrödinger e apresentamos o operador de evolução. Uma análise dos estados \"squeezed\" da radiação é apresentada segundo trajetórias no espaço de fase. A consideração do método empregado, segundo algumas aproximações, possibilita a abordagem do processo de dissipação/flutuação junto ao hamiltoniano original, numa análise mais realista do que compreende um amplo espectro de modelos físicos, tais como o oscilador ou partícula carregada em presença de um campo eletromagnético não homogêneo e as armadilhas de Paul. / At the beging, we tackle in this work the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations when simulated in the radiation classic theory. We attempt in this way to study the light polarization phenomenon in both aproaches of its descriptions. Still in measurement theory, through a wave function Zurek colapse model implementation, where there is observed a phase coherence reversibility, we introduce expression for the associated decoherence and recurrence tymes. Another considered topic deals with the time-dependent quadratic hamiltonian. Carrying out a unitary transformation associated with the invariants method developed by Lewis and Riesenfeld, we solved the Schrödinger equation and we introduced the evolution operator. An squeezed states of radiation analysis is also included in the phases space trajectories. The considerations of the attempted method according to same approximations makes it possible to deal with the processes of dissipation/flutuation in the original hamiltonian, in a more realistic analysis of those physical models, such as the oscillator or charged particle in a non-homogeneous electromagnetic field and in the Paul trap.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-02-15T13:05:07Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Compressão de Ruído Quantico em um Interferometro Sagnac em Fibra com um Laser Pulsado em 1,55 Microns - Dissertação de Mestrado em Física - Lucero Plazas Ortega.pdf: 7191693 bytes, checksum: 4eba611a9cee045f7f06747bb63a80cb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-15T13:05:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Compressão de Ruído Quantico em um Interferometro Sagnac em Fibra com um Laser Pulsado em 1,55 Microns - Dissertação de Mestrado em Física - Lucero Plazas Ortega.pdf: 7191693 bytes, checksum: 4eba611a9cee045f7f06747bb63a80cb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-24 / CAPES / Componentesemquadraturadocampoeletromagn´eticoobedecemaoprincipio de incerteza de Heisenberg. Como resultado a Mecˆanica Quˆantica prevˆe que estas componentes n˜ao podem ser especificadas simultaneamente com precis˜ao ilimitada. Estados de incerteza m´ınima (estados coerentes) permitem atingir o menor produto das incertezas em cada quadratura, ambas de mesma magnitude. Al´em disto ´e poss´ıvel construir estados quˆanticos comprimidos, para os quais uma das suas quadraturas atinge um valor menor para o desvio padr˜ao queaqueledefinidoparaumestadodem´ınimaincerteza,incrementandoconsequentemente a incerteza na outra quadratura. Nesta disserta¸c˜ao fazemos uma revis˜ao destes conceitos e apresentamos um esquema experimental com o qual geramosestadoscomprimidos(squeezedstates)daradia¸c˜ao. Este´ebaseadoem umlaserdefibrapulsado(comprimentodeondaλ = 1.56µm, taxaderepeti¸c˜ao fR = 146MHz, largura de pulso τp = 200fs) associado a um interferˆometro de Sagnac n˜ao linear em fibra. Al´em de uma descri¸c˜ao dos principais componentes ´opticos ser˜ao discutidos os mecanismos de gera¸c˜ao e caracteriza¸c˜ao dos estados comprimidos. / QuadraturecomponentsofthefieldobeyaHeisenberguncertaintyrelation. As a result, quantum mechanics predicts that these components cannot be specified simultaneously with unlimited accuracy. Minimum uncertainty states or coherent states, allow reaching the lowest value of the uncertainty in each quadrature component, both having the same magnitude. It is still possible to construct squeezed quantum states, for which, one of its quadrature components achieves a less value for standard deviation than one that have a state of minimum uncertainty, with the consequence of an increase in the uncertainty of the other quadrature. In this dissertation, these concepts are reviewed and we provide an experimental scheme in order to generate squeezed states of light. This design is based on a pulsed fiber laser (λ = 1.56µm, repetition rate fR = 146MHz, pulse width τp = 200fs) coupled with a nonlinear interferometer, which is composed by a fiber loop in a Sagnac configuration. In order to discuss the experimental results obtained with this scheme, will be carried out adescriptionofthemainopticalcomponents,takingintoaccounttheprincipal mechanisms of generating and measuring of squeezed states.

Une mémoire quantique réversible permettant de stocker et relire de l'information quantique est une composante majeure dans la mise en œuvre de nombreux protocoles d'information quantique. Comme la lumière est un porteur de l'information quantique fiable sur des longues distances, et comme les atomes offrent la possibilité d'obtenir de longues durées de stockage, le recherche actuelle sur la création d'une mémoire quantique se concentre sur la transfert des fluctuations quantiques de la lumière sur des cohérences atomiques. Le travail réalisé durant cette thèse porte sur le développement d'une mémoire quantique pour la lumière comprimée, utilisant un ensemble d'atomes froids de Césium stock'es dans un piege magnéto-optique. Nos deux principaux objectifs étaient le développement d'une source de lumière non-classique, et le développement d'un milieu atomique pour le stockage de celle-ci. Tout d'abord, nous commençons par présenter la construction d'un oscillateur paramétrique optique qui utilise un cristal non-linéaire de PPKTP. Cet OPO fonctionne comme source d'états de vide comprime résonant avec la raie D2 du Césium. Nous caractérisons ces états grâce à une reconstruction par tomographie quantique, en utilisant une approche de vraisemblance maximale. Ensuite, nous examinons une nouvelle expérience qui nous permet d'utiliser comme milieu de stockage des atomes froids de Césium dans un piège magneto-optique récemment développé. Car cette expérience exige l'utilisation de nouveaux outils et techniques, nous discutons le développement de ceux-ci, et comment ils ont contribue à notre progression vers le stockage des états quantiques dans nos atomes des Césium, et finalement vers l'intrication de deux ensembles atomiques.

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Dans ce travail de thèse, je considère deux phénomènes distincts, tous deux liés aux interactions non-linéaires entre la lumière et des atomes. La première partie est dédiée à du mélange à 4 ondes basé sur des degrés de liberté internes d’atomes d’hélium à température ambiante, et l’utilise pour des processus d’amplification et de la génération d’états comprimés. Le second phénomène étudié est basé sur des degrés de liberté externes d’atomes de césium froids et est utilisé pour du stockage de lumière et la génération d’un champ conjugué en phase par mélange d’ondes. J'ai expérimentalement observé et caractérisé de l'amplification sensible à la phase par mélange à quatre ondes dans de l'hélium métastable à température ambiante. J'ai obtenu un gain maximum d'environ 9 dB avec une bande passante d'environ 300 kHz. Les fonctions de transfert phase/phase obtenues ont montré une forte compression de phase, indiquant que le phénomène était presque exempt de processus indésirables. Dans la seconde partie, j'explique comment les résonances de recul, dues à un transfert de quantité de mouvement entre un photon et un atome, peuvent être utilisées pour du stockage de lumière. J'explique également comment ce phénomène peut conduire à la génération d’un champ conjugué, et pourquoi la théorie existante ne permet pas de modéliser le creux qui apparaît dans le spectre de génération du champ conjugué lorsqu’on augmente la puissance optique. Pour reproduire ce nouvel élément, j’ai effectué un développement jusqu’au 5e ordre, qui démontre qu’il dépend de la cohérence qui est excitée entre des niveaux de moments atomiques différents. Je montre ensuite qu'un modèle plus simple, basé sur trois niveaux atomiques définis par des degrés de liberté interne et externe de l'atome, peut expliquer le phénomène observé. / In this PhD work, two distinct phenomena are considered, which are both related to non-linear interactions between light and atoms. The first part of the thesis is dedicated to four wave mixing based on the internal degrees of freedom of room temperature helium atoms and uses it for amplification processes and generation of squeezed light. The second studied process is based on external degrees of freedom of cold cesium atoms and used for light storage and phase conjugate field generation through multi-wave mixing. I experimentally observed and characterized phase sensitive amplification via four-wave mixing in metastable helium at room temperature. I have obtained about 9 dB of maximum gain with a bandwidth of about 300 kHz. The obtained phase transfer functions showed a strong phase squeezing, indicating that the phenomenon was almost free of unwanted processes. In the second part, I explain how recoil induced resonances, which are due to the transfer of momentum between a photon and an atom, can be used to store light. I also explain how this phenomenon can lead to generation of a phase conjugate field, and why the existing theory fails to model the dip, which appears in the phase conjugate generation spectrum when the field power is increased. I extend the model to the fifth order so that it can reproduce this new feature and demonstrate that it depends on the decay rate of the coherence, which is excited between atomic levels of different momenta. I then show that a simpler model, which is based on three levels defined by internal and external degrees of freedom of the atom, can explain the observed phenomenon.