基于光子轨道角动量的密码通信方案研究

设计了一个基于两个正交的光子轨道角动量态的量子密码通信方案.在该方案中,Alice使用具有独特设计的激光器,随机发送有确定轨道角动量的光子;Bob采用由两个达夫棱镜组成的光束旋转器,对光子的轨道角动量态进行测量.对系统安全性的讨论表明,Eve采用截获重发、攻击单臂等攻击手段,其窃听行为都会被发现.理论证明,该方案不需要通信双方实时监测和调整参考系,同时避免了BB84,B92协议因发送基和测量基不一致而丢弃一半信息的问题,从而提高了密钥生成效率. 关键词： 量子保密通信 轨道角动量     

基于轨道角动量的多自由度W态纠缠系统

提出了一种制备三光子纠缠W态的方案, 该方案利用携带轨道角动量为lħ的光子(其中l可取(-∞, +∞)的任意整数)可构成无穷维向量空间的特性, 采用两种类型的参量下转换, 产生轨道角动量-自旋角动量纠缠的两对光子和一对偏振纠缠光子, 通过纠缠交换制备三光子多自由度的W态, 实现三光子体系纠缠的高维度、大容量量子信息处理. 方案采用q-plate相位光学器件和单模光纤等器件制备两个不同自由度(轨道角动量与偏振)混合的W态, 并利用计算机全息相位图改进方案制备三个不同自由度(轨道角动量、线动量和偏振)混合的W态. 本方案可稳定产生两种等概率互为对称的W态, 具有高维度、强纠缠特性与抗比特丢失能力, 信息量达log₂^m+2比特(m为l的可取值个数), 有望实现可扩容量子比特的安全通信.     

海洋湍流对光子轨道角动量量子通信的影响

本文研究了基于光子轨道角动量的量子通信在水下量子信道中受海洋湍流运动的影响.基于Elamassie等提出的海洋湍流功率谱模型,本文建立了不同海洋湍流参数与光子轨道角动量量子通信的单光子探测概率、信道容量、密钥产生率以及双光子共生纠缠度的定量关系,并利用纠缠光子对的共生纠缠度在海洋湍流中的普适衰减特性进一步研究了轨道角动量纠缠光子对在海洋湍流中的最大纠缠距离.研究结果表明:水下量子通信性能和纠缠光子对的共生纠缠度都随海洋湍流的湍流动能耗散率的增大或温度方差耗散率的减小而降低;温度和盐度因素对海洋湍流贡献的比值对水下量子通信的影响在海水是否稳定分层的条件下具有显著的区别;在通过海洋湍流进行量子通信时,增加信号光子的初始轨道角动量量子数可以提高量子密钥分发的密钥产生率和纠缠光子的纠缠衰减抵抗性.     

光子高阶轨道角动量制备、调控及传感应用研究进展

光子既是经典信息也是量子信息的理想载体. 单个光子不仅可以携带自旋角动量(与光波的圆偏振相关), 还可以携带轨道角动量(与光波的螺旋相位相关). 而轨道角动量的重要意义在于可利用单个光子的量子态构建一个高维的Hilbert空间, 从而实现高维量子信息的编码. 自Allen等于1992年确认光子轨道角动量的物理存在以来, 轨道角动量在经典光学和量子光学领域展现了诸多诱人的应用前景, 目前已成为国际光学领域的研究热点之一. 本综述将着重介绍高阶轨道角动量光束的制备与调控技术, 特别是高阶轨道角动量的量子纠缠态操控、旋转Doppler 效应测量及其在远程传感和精密测量技术中的应用.     

利用光束的轨道角动量实现高密度数据存储的机理研究

光束的轨道角动量本征态可以构建高维Hilbert空间，将之应用于数据存储中，可以实现比传统方法更高的数据存储密度.提出了一种用光束轨道角动量实现高密度数据存储的方法，对存储区域进行相位编码，通过探测透射光束轨道角动量谱(螺旋谱)的特征来区分由相位编码形成的不同数据态.四台阶结构相位编码可以实现57个不同的数据态，有望将数据密度提高为传统方法的近6倍. 关键词： 光束轨道角动量 光学存储 高密度存储     

基于轨道角动量的循环差分相移量子密钥分发

提出了一种基于标记配对相干态(HPCS)和轨道角动量的循环差分相移量子密钥分发(RRDPS-QKD)方案,以光子轨道角动量作为信息载体,使用多种不同拓扑荷的轨道角动量的叠加态进行RRDPS-QKD的信息编码,显著提高了密钥生成率。使用HPCS作为量子光源,有效减小了空脉冲和多光子脉冲的比例,提高了密钥生成率。分析了光源在湍流大气信道中的传输特性,考虑了信道衰减和大气湍流对系统性能的影响。     

轨道角动量指向可控的紧聚焦时空波包(特邀)EI北大核心CSCD

利用Debye积分,研究了三个相互正交的轨道角动量(包括两个正交的横向轨道角动量以及一个纵向轨道角动量)光场在紧聚焦条件下的复杂耦合现象,并演示了焦场中相位奇点在三维时空间中的演化。此外,还研究了具有不同拓扑荷数的纵向轨道角动量对聚焦波包整体轨道角动量指向的影响。数值结果表明,聚焦波包的整体轨道角动量指向可由纵向轨道角动量的拓扑荷数进行调控,进而实现紧聚焦时空波包的轨道角动量指向可控。这种角动量指向可控的时空波包在光学微操作、微纳加工、自旋-轨道耦合以及量子通信等领域具有潜在的应用价值。     

用叉形光栅实现光子轨道角动量的叠加态的测量

Laguerre-Gaussian(LG)模是光子的轨道角动量的本征态.提出了用一种特殊的光栅——“分数阶叉形光栅”来实现两种LG模的叠加，它在以光子角动量为编码空间的高维量子通信领域存在潜在的应用. 关键词： Laguerre-Gaussian(LG)模 叉形光栅     

螺旋相位光束轨道角动量态测量的实验研究

对螺旋光束的轨道角动量态的测量技术进行了实验研究.建立了一套利用Mach-Zehnder干涉仪测量光束轨道角动量态的系统,对利用空间光调制器生成的携带不同轨道角动量的光束进行了测量,通过Mach-Zehnder干涉仪分离出了具有不同角量子数的螺旋光束. 关键词： 轨道角动量 空间光调制器 Mach-Zehnder干涉仪     

在大气湍流斜程传输中拉盖高斯光束的轨道角动量的研究

大气湍流引起大气折射率随机变化,导致空间不均匀性.拉盖高斯光束在大气湍流中传输时,空间不均匀性会使光子波函数改变,引起轨道角动量的变化.本文讨论了拉盖尔高斯光束在大气斜程传输时,湍流介质改变光子轨道角动量而形成不同的光子态.计算了螺旋谐波各分量所占光束总能量的权重,分析了拉盖高斯光束的轨道角动量的变化规律.     

Efficient generation of large number-path entanglement using only linear optics and feed-forward

We show how an idealized measurement procedure can condense photons from two modes into one and how, by feeding forward the results of the measurement, it is possible to generate efficiently superposition states commonly called N00N states. For the basic procedure sources of number states leak onto a beam splitter, and the output ports are monitored by photodetectors. We find that detecting a fixed fraction of the input at one output port suffices to direct the remainder to the same port, with high probability, however large the initial state. When instead photons are detected at both ports, macroscopic quantum superposition states are produced. We describe a linear-optical circuit for making the components of such a state orthogonal, and another to convert the output to a N00N state. Our approach scales exponentially better than existing proposals. Important applications include quantum imaging and metrology.     

Mach–Zehnder interferometer with squeezed and EPR entangled optical fields

We study a scheme for Mach-Zehnder(MZ) interferometer as a quantum linear device by injecting two-mode squeezed input states into two ports of interferometer.Two-mode squeezed states can be changed into two types of inputs for MZ interferometer:two squeezed states and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR) entangled states.The interference patterns of the MZ interferometer vary periodically as the relative phase of the two arms of the interferometer is scanned,and are measured by the balanced homodyne detection system.Our experiments show that there are different interference patterns and periodicity of the output quantum states for two cases which depend on the relative phase of input optical fields.Since MZ interferometer can be used to realize some quantum operations,this work will have the important applications in quantum information and metrology.     

Quantum multiparameter estimation with multi-mode photon catalysis entangled squeezed state

We propose a method to generate the multi-mode entangled catalysis squeezed vacuum states (MECSVS) by embedding the cross-Kerr nonlinear medium into the Mach−Zehnder interferometer. This method realizes the exchange of quantum states between different modes based on Fredkin gate. In addition, we study the MECSVS as the probe state of multi-arm optical interferometer to realize multi-phase simultaneous estimation. The results show that the quantum Cramer−Rao bound (QCRB) of phase estimation can be improved by increasing the number of catalytic photons or decreasing the transmissivity of the optical beam splitter using for photon catalysis. In addition, we also show that even if there is photon loss, the QCRB of our photon catalysis scheme is lower than that of the ideal entangled squeezed vacuum states (ESVS), which shows that by performing the photon catalytic operation is more robust against photon loss than that without the catalytic operation. The results here can find applications in quantum metrology for multiparatmeter estimation.     

Manipulating atomic states via optical orbital angular-momentum

Optical orbital angular-momentum (OAM) has more complex mechanics than the spin degree of photons, and may have a broad range of application. Manipulating atomic states via OAM has become an interesting topic. In this paper, we first review the general theory of generating adiabatic gauge field in ultracold atomic systems by coupling atoms to external optical fields with OAM, and point out the applications of the generated adiabatic gauge field. Then, we review our work in this field, including the generation of macroscopic superposition of vortex-antivortex states and spin Hall effect (SHE) in cold atoms.     

Manipulating atomic states via optical orbital angular-momentum

Optical orbital angular-momentum (OAM) has more complex mechanics than the spin degree of photons, and may have a broad range of application. Manipulating atomic states via OAM has become an interesting topic. In this paper, we first review the general theory of generating adiabatic gauge field in ultracold atomic systems by coupling atoms to external optical fields with OAM, and point out the applications of the generated adiabatic gauge field. Then, we review our work in this field, including the generation of macroscopic superposition of vortex-antivortex states and spin Hall effect (SHE) in cold atoms.      

Frequency hopping in quantum interferometry: efficient up-down conversion for qubits and ebits

A novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer terminated at two different frequencies realizes in a quantum regime the nonlinear frequency conversion of optical quantum superposition states. The information-preserving character of the relevant unitary transformation has been experimentally demonstrated for input qubits and ebits. Besides its own intrinsic fundamental interest, the new scheme is expected to find important applications in modern quantum information technology.     

Time-division multiplexing of the orbital angular momentum of light

We present an optical setup for generating a sequence of light pulses in which the orbital angular momentum (OAM) degree of freedom is correlated with the temporal one. The setup is based on a single q plate within a ring optical resonator. By this approach, we demonstrate the generation of a train of pulses carrying increasing values of OAM, or, alternatively, of a controlled temporal sequence of pulses having prescribed OAM superposition states. Finally, we exhibit an "OAM-to-time conversion" apparatus that divides different input OAM states into different time bins. The latter application provides a simple approach to digital spiral spectroscopy of pulsed light.     

Up-conversion detection of mid-infrared light carrying orbital angular momentum

Frequency up-conversion is an effective method of mid-infrared (MIR) detection by converting long-wavelength photons to the visible domain, where efficient detectors are readily available. Here, we generate MIR light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) from a difference frequency generation process and perform up-conversion on it via sum frequency conversion in a bulk quasi-phase-matching crystal. The maximum quantum conversion efficiencies from MIR to visible are 34.0%, 10.4%, and 3.5% for light with topological charges of 0, 1, and 2, respectively, achieved by utilizing an optimized strong pump light. We also verify the OAM conservation with a specially designed interferometer, and the results agree well with the numerical simulations. Our study opens up the possibilities for generating, manipulating, and detecting MIR light that carries OAM, and will have great potential for optical communications and remote sensing in the MIR regime.     

Simultaneous Preparation of Two Optical Cat States Based on a Nondegenerate Optical Parametric Amplifier

The cat state, known as the superposition of coherent states, has broad applications in quantum computation and quantum metrology. Increasing the number of optical cat states is crucial to implement complex quantum information tasks based on them. Here, two optical cat states are prepared simultaneously based on a nondegenerate optical parametric amplifier. By subtracting one photon from each of two squeezed vacuum states, two odd cat states with orthogonal superposition direction in phase space are prepared simultaneously, which have similar fidelity of 60% and amplitude of 1.2. Compared with the traditional method to generate two odd optical cat states based on two degenerate optical parametric amplifiers, only one nondegenerate optical parametric amplifier is applied in this experiment, which saves half of the quantum resources of nonlinear cavities. The presented results make a step toward preparing the four-component cat state, which has potential applications in fault-tolerant quantum computation.