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Exploring the Potential of Opto-Mechanics and Spin-Mechanics for Quantum Technologies
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Exploring the Potential of Opto-Mechanics and Spin-Mechanics for Quantum Technologies

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Photonics and Technologies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 3125

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Vitalie Eremeev

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Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago 441, Chile
Interests: optical and quantum physics, especially in quantum state transfer and preparation in optomechanical hybrid systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Hybrid systems are of paramount importance regarding the development of quantum technologies. In this direction, hybrid systems containing the elements of opto-mechanics (OM) or spin-mechanics (SM) become very attractive in realizing quantum tasks. Some time ago, OM and SM became emerging areas at the interface of fields such as quantum optics and information, mesoscopic physics, photonics, magnetism, etc., focusing on fundamental and applied research. In the fundamental direction, they play an important role in bringing the laws of quantum mechanics closer to the macroscopic world, such as through providing evidence of quantum properties with macroscopic systems to study the foundations of quantum mechanics. In addition, the OM and SM systems have become attractive for studies related to the gravitational effects, searching for bridges to interconnect the two important theories of modern physics: quantum mechanics and general relativity. In the context of applied research, there are innumerable possibilities for applications: for example, to improve the protocols of metrology, sensing and precision, or to develop new techniques and technologies for quantum information and communications, gravitational physics, nanophotonics, biology, etc.

This Special Issue of Photonics entitled “Exploring the Potential of Opto-Mechanics and Spin-Mechanics for Quantum Technologies” invites original works and short review articles considering any topic related to OM and SM that is a part of theoretical or experimental research. Submissions will be peer reviewed, according to the common procedure for publishing.

Dr. Vitalie Eremeev
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Photonics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • opto-mechanics
  • spin-mechanics
  • hybrid system
  • nano-photonics/phononics
  • sensing
  • photon/phonon blockade effect
  • coherent photon/phonon states
  • entanglement
  • quantum correlations
  • magnomechanics
  • topological phononics
  • OM and SM in biology

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Geometric Representation of Vector Vortex Beams: The Total Angular Momentum-Conserving Poincaré Sphere and Its Braid Clusters
by Wangke Yu, Hailong Pi, Marika Taylor and Jize Yan
Photonics 2023, 10(11), 1276; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10111276 - 17 Nov 2023
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This paper presents the total angular momentum-conserving Poincaré sphere (TAM-C PS), which offers a novel framework for efficiently characterizing a wide range of vector vortex beams. Unlike other types of Poincaré spheres, the TAM-C PS achieves a better balance between generality and validity, [...] Read more.
This paper presents the total angular momentum-conserving Poincaré sphere (TAM-C PS), which offers a novel framework for efficiently characterizing a wide range of vector vortex beams. Unlike other types of Poincaré spheres, the TAM-C PS achieves a better balance between generality and validity, while also providing clearer physical interpretation. By linking the poles of different spheres, the study also introduces two distinct categories of TAM-C PS braid clusters, enabling the representation of various Poincaré spheres within a unified framework. The Poincaré spheres include classical, higher-order, hybrid-order, Poincaré sphere with orbital angular momentum, and TAM-C PS. This is the first clear and unified approach to express multiple Poincaré spheres within a single framework. The TAM-C PS and its braid cluster can be employed to guide the creation of targeted vector vortex light beams, offer a geometric description of optical field evolution, and calculate the geometric phase of optical cyclic evolution. Full article
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Weak Value Amplification of Photons in Optical Nonlinear Medium, Opto-Mechanical, and Spin-Mechanical Systems
by Sergio Carrasco and Miguel Orszag
Photonics 2024, 11(4), 291; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11040291 - 23 Mar 2024
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A measurement of an observable A performed on a quantum system that is initially prepared in a state ρi, followed by a probabilistic procedure that leaves the system in a final state ρf, a process often referred as state [...] Read more.
A measurement of an observable A performed on a quantum system that is initially prepared in a state ρi, followed by a probabilistic procedure that leaves the system in a final state ρf, a process often referred as state postselection (or filtering process), can yield, on average, anomalous measurement results, i.e., values that may exceed the eigenvalue range of the observable being measured or be complex numbers. There is, therefore, an amplification effect of the average measurement result, i.e., the effect of the system on the measurement device is increased. When the coupling between the system and the measurement device satisfies some weakness conditions, the amplification effect occurs due to the weak value of the operator A. In this article, the amplification effect due to the postselection process is reviewed, and theoretical proposals and experiments published in the recent literature on the field are commented on. The emphasis is made on interactions occurring in optical nonlinear media and opto-mechanical and spin-mechanical systems, in which the amplification of number operators takes place. Full article
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