Marco Bellini
Author's posts
Sep 28 2015
Hybrid cats of light
Our hybrid entangled states of light have just appeared in an article by M. Bellini, L.S. Costanzo, and A. Zavatta on the September issue of the Italian edition of Scientific American (Le Scienze).
Aug 26 2015
Noise-assisted transport in an optical network
We have realized simple, scalable, and controllable optical fiber cavity networks that allow us to analyze the performance of transport networks for different conditions of interference, dephasing, and disorder.
Jun 29 2015
Arbitrary state orthogonalizer and qubit generator
We have provided the first demonstration of a general orthogonalization procedure that, starting from an arbitrary continuous-variable quantum state and from limited information about the state itself, can generate an orthogonal state and arbitrary coherent superpositions of the two.
Jun 28 2015
Making of a zero-area single photon pulse
Jul 01 2014
Hybrid entanglement of light
We produced entanglement between differently-encoded photonic qubits. A single-photon-based qubit state on one side and a coherent-state-based one on the other. The situation closely resembles the quantum-classical hybrid entanglement of the atom-cat system in the Schroedinger’s cat paradox. Nature Photonics made a cover out of the story (and of our image).
Jan 01 2014
Physica Scripta Highlights of 2013
Our paper on the characterization of homodyne detection selected among the 2013 highlights of Physica Scripta
Jan 01 2014
Turning diamond into graphite
OK, it doesn’t look such a brilliant idea, but it may actually be very useful… We have demonstrated the production of graphitic conductive wires for 3D diamond detectors by means of femtosecond laser pulses.
Dec 31 2013
Measuring time and frequency with light
Ever wondered how to measure time and frequency with a laser? Well, you might consider buying our (700+ pages) book from CRC Press – Taylor & Francis
Apr 01 2013
Quantum Process Nonclassicality
We have proposed and experimentally tested a general definition for the nonclassicality of a quantum optical process based on its action on coherent light states.
Aug 01 2012
Adaptively probing the shape of quantum light
We describe the first use of a genetic algorithm to adaptively probe the arbitrary spectral/temporal shape of ultrashort quantum light states. Besides fully reconstructing the complex spectral/temporal structure of a single photon, we also demonstrate how to use this capability as a clever new way of encoding quantum information.
