Shaping field correlations with quantum antennas

TL;DR

This paper explores how quantum antennas can manipulate the spatial entanglement and correlations of emitted photons by adjusting initial states and geometry, with potential applications in imaging, sensing, and quantum information.

Contribution

It introduces a method to shape photon correlations using quantum antennas and initial entangled states, differing from classical antenna behavior.

Findings

Quantum antennas can produce various entangled photon states.

Correlation shapes can be optimized via quantum state inference.

Applications include imaging, sensing, and quantum information processing.

Abstract

Quantum antennas can shape the spatial entanglement of emitted photons originating from specific initial non-Dicke entangled states of antenna emitters. In contrast to a classical antenna, a quantum antenna might not be affecting the amplitudes and intensities distribution of the field, but only shaping the second and higher order correlations. The shape and directivity of the correlations can be optimized using quantum state inference techniques. The character of the correlations can also be controlled by changing both the geometry and the initial state of the antenna. Positive and negative correlated twin-photons, as well as multi-photons entangled states can be produced from the same antenna for different initial states of the emitters. Our approach to antenna design can find applications in imaging and high-precision sensing, as well as in the development of an emitter-field interface for quantum information processing.