Search Results - "Migdall, Alan L."

Frequency-bin entangled comb of photon pairs from a Silicon-on-Insulator micro-resonator by Chen, Jun, Levine, Zachary H, Fan, Jingyun, Migdall, Alan L

“…We present a quantum-mechanical theory to describe narrowband photon-pair generation via four-wave mixing in a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) micro-resonator. We…”
Get full text

Polarization-entangled photon pairs from a periodically poled crystalline waveguide by Levine, Zachary H, Fan, Jingyun, Chen, Jun, Migdall, Alan L

“…A proposal is made for the generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs from a periodically poled crystal allowing for high collection efficiency, high…”
Get full text

Strong Loophole-Free Test of Local Realism by Shalm, Lynden K, Meyer-Scott, Evan, Christensen, Bradley G, Bierhorst, Peter, Wayne, Michael A, Stevens, Martin J, Gerrits, Thomas, Glancy, Scott, Hamel, Deny R, Allman, Michael S, Coakley, Kevin J, Dyer, Shellee D, Hodge, Carson, Lita, Adriana E, Verma, Varun B, Lambrocco, Camilla, Tortorici, Edward, Migdall, Alan L, Zhang, Yanbao, Kumor, Daniel R, Farr, William H, Marsili, Francesco, Shaw, Matthew D, Stern, Jeffrey A, Abellán, Carlos, Amaya, Waldimar, Pruneri, Valerio, Jennewein, Thomas, Mitchell, Morgan W, Kwiat, Paul G, Bienfang, Joshua C, Mirin, Richard P, Knill, Emanuel, Nam, Sae Woo

“…We present a loophole-free violation of local realism using entangled photon pairs. We ensure that all relevant events in our Bell test are spacelike separated…”
Get full text

Low-noise photon counting above 100 × 106 counts per second with a high-efficiency reach-through single-photon avalanche diode system by Wayne, Michael A., Bienfang, Joshua C., Migdall, Alan L.

“…We demonstrate a method that allows a high-efficiency single-photon-avalanche diode (SPAD) with a thick absorption region (>10 μm) to count single photons at…”
Get full text

Low-noise photon counting above 100 million counts per second with a high-efficiency reach-through single-photon avalanche diode system by Wayne, Michael A, Bienfang, Joshua C, Migdall, Alan L

“…We demonstrate a method that allows a high-efficiency single-photon-avalanche diode (SPAD) with a thick absorption region (> 10 μm) to count single photons at…”
Get full text

Generation of optical coherent-state superpositions by number-resolved photon subtraction from the squeezed vacuum by Gerrits, Thomas, Glancy, Scott, Clement, Tracy S., Calkins, Brice, Lita, Adriana E., Miller, Aaron J., Migdall, Alan L., Nam, Sae Woo, Mirin, Richard P., Knill, Emanuel

“…We have created heralded coherent-state superpositions (CSSs) by subtracting up to three photons from a pulse of squeezed vacuum light. To produce such CSSs at…”
Get full text

High accuracy verification of a correlated-photon- based method for determining photoncounting detection efficiency by Polyakov, Sergey V, Migdall, Alan L

“…We have characterized an independent primary standard method to calibrate detection efficiency of photon-counting detectors based on twophoton correlations. We…”
Get full text

Photon echoes using atomic frequency combs in Pr:YSO - experiment and semiclassical theory by Sharma, Aditya N, Levine, Zachary H, Ritter, Martin A, Kagalwala, Kumel H, Weissler, Eli J, Goldschmidt, Elizabeth A, Migdall, Alan L

“…Photon echoes in rare-earth-doped crystals are studied to understand the challenges of making broadband quantum memories using the atomic frequency comb (AFC)…”
Get full text

A post-processing-free single-photon random number generator with ultra-low latency by Wayne, Michael A, Migdall, Alan L, Levine, Zachary H, Bienfang, Joshua C

“…The low-latency requirements of a practical loophole-free Bell test preclude time-consuming post-processing steps that are often used to improve the…”
Get full text

A versatile waveguide source of photon pairs for chip-scale quantum information processing by Chen, Jun, Pearlman, Aaron J, Ling, Alexander, Fan, Jingyun, Migdall, Alan L

“…We demonstrate a bright, bandwidth-tunable, quasi-phase-matched single-waveguide source generating photon pairs near 900 nm and 1300 nm. Two-photon coincidence…”
Get full text

Time-domain measurements of afterpulsing in InGaAs/InP SPAD gated with sub-nanosecond pulses by Restelli, Alessandro, Bienfang, Joshua C., Migdall, Alan L.

“…Afterpulsing was investigated experimentally in an InGaAs single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) operating in the biasing and sensing regime of periodic-gating…”
Get full text

Statistically background-free, phase-preserving parametric up-conversion with faint light by Cheng, Y-H, Thomay, Tim, Solomon, Glenn S, Migdall, Alan L, Polyakov, Sergey V

“…We demonstrate up-conversion with no statistically significant background photons and a dynamic range of 15 decades. Near-infrared 920 nm photons were…”
Get full text

Quantum radiometry by Polyakov, Sergey V., Migdall, Alan L.

“…We review radiometric techniques that take advantage of photon counting and stem from the quantum laws of nature. We present a brief history of metrological…”
Get full text

Absolute calibration of a variable attenuator using few-photon pulses by Levine, Zachary H, Glebov, Boris L, Pintar, Adam L, Migdall, Alan L

“…We demonstrate the ability to calibrate a variable optical attenuator directly at the few-photon level using a superconducting Transition Edge Sensor (TES)…”
Get full text

Implementing a Multiplexed System of Detectors for Higher Photon Counting Rates by Schettini, V., Polyakov, S.V., Degiovanni, I.P., Brida, G., Castelletto, S., Migdall, A.L.

“…Photon counting applications are typically limited by detector deadtime to operate at count rates of a few megahertz, at best, and often at significantly lower…”
Get full text

First- and second-order Poisson spots by Kelly, William R., Shirley, Eric L., Migdall, Alan L., Polyakov, Sergey V., Hendrix, Kurt

“…Although Thomas Young is generally given credit for being the first to provide evidence against Newton’s corpuscular theory of light, it was Augustin Fresnel…”
Get full text

Single-photon detection efficiency up to 50% at 1310 nm with an InGaAs/InP avalanche diode gated at 1.25 GHz by Restelli, Alessandro, Bienfang, Joshua C., Migdall, Alan L.

“…We describe a gated Geiger-mode single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detection system in which both gating and avalanche discrimination are implemented by…”
Get full text

First observation of magnetically trapped neutral atoms by MIGDALL, A. L, PRODAN, J. V, PHILLIPS, W. D, BERGEMAN, T. H, METCALF, H. J

“…The first observation of electromagnetically trapped neutral atoms is reported. Laser-cooled and stopped sodium atoms are confined in a magnetic quadrupole…”
Get full text

Experimental Bounds on Classical Random Field Theories by Peters, Joffrey K., Fan, Jingyun, Migdall, Alan L., Polyakov, Sergey V.

“…Alternative theories to quantum mechanics motivate important fundamental tests of our understanding and descriptions of the smallest physical systems. Here,…”
Get full text

Single-Photon Devices and Applications by Kück, Stefan, Migdall, Alan L., Degiovanni, Ivo Pietro, Cheung, Jessica Y.

Get full text