Temporal modes in quantum optics: then and now
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Author(s)
Raymer, Michael G
Walmsley, Ian
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We review the concepts of temporal modes (TMs) in quantum optics, highlighting Roy Glauber's crucial and historic contributions to their development, and their growing importance in quantum information science. TMs are orthogonal sets of wave packets that can be used to represent a multimode light field. They are temporal counterparts to transverse spatial modes of light and play analogous roles - decomposing multimode light into the most natural basis for isolating statistically independent degrees of freedom. We discuss how TMs were developed to describe compactly various processes: superfluorescence, stimulated Raman scattering, spontaneous parametric down conversion, and spontaneous four-wave mixing. TMs can be manipulated, converted, demultiplexed, and detected using nonlinear optical processes such as three-wave mixing and quantum optical memories. As such, they play an increasingly important role in constructing quantum information networks.
Date Issued
2020-03-16
Date Acceptance
2019-11-15
Citation
Physica Scripta: an international journal for experimental and theoretical physics, 2020, 95 (6), pp.1-17
ISSN
0031-8949
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Start Page
1
End Page
17
Journal / Book Title
Physica Scripta: an international journal for experimental and theoretical physics
Volume
95
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
Identifier
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ab6153/meta
Subjects
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
General Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
PHYSSCR-109428.R1
Date Publish Online
2020-03-16