Advancements in Quantum Optics
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 3
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Interests: quantum optics
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Dear Colleagues,
Quantum optics is a critical area for the development of future technologies. Unlike other physical platforms, light has unique advantages such as high-speed propagation, low crosstalk, minimal losses, and low power consumption, making it ideal for applications in telecommunications, high-resolution imaging, and optical computing. In addition, low-intensity light sources, especially at the single-photon level, further expand the capabilities of photonics by bringing the quantum effect into play. For example, quantum computing and quantum telecommunications have the potential to outperform their classical counterparts. Despite significant progress in this field, the full potential of quantum optical approaches is still far below its fundamentally feasible level due to their many technological challenges such as relatively low efficiencies of photon sources and detectors, optical losses, noise, and other types of imperfections. This Special Issue of Advances in Quantum Optics explores key topics that can help address these challenges. It includes articles related to quantum and atomic/molecular optics, artificial atom-based optics such as solid-state quantum emitters, methods for generating/manipulating and detecting quantum light, its potential applications, integrated photonics, and other related areas, such as optical switches, integrated laser sources, and detectors.
Dr. Demid Sychev
Dr. Nuno A. Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- quantum optics
- atomic/molecular optics
- integrated photonics
- optical switches
- integrated laser sources
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