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Perfect single photons cannot be generated on demand due to their infinite tails. To quantify how close realizable states can be to some target single photon, we argue that there are two natural but incompatible ways to specify the target state. Either it can be expressed as a photon with a chosen, positive-frequency spectrum, or it can be described as an (unphysical) photon in a chosen, positive-time pulse. We determine upper and lower bounds for the maximum fidelity in both cases. The bounds are expressed as a function of the size of the target states tails, for negative time or negative frequency respectively.
We introduce a filter using a noise-free quantum buffer with large optical bandwidth that can both filter temporal-spectral modes, as well as inter-convert them and change their frequency. We show that such quantum buffers optimally filter out tempor
We develop generalized bounds for quantum single-parameter estimation problems for which the coupling to the parameter is described by intrinsic multi-system interactions. For a Hamiltonian with $k$-system parameter-sensitive terms, the quantum limit
We discuss the realization of quantum advantage in a system without quantum entanglement but with non-zero quantum discord. We propose an optical realization of symmetric two-qubit $X$-states with controllable anti-diagonal elements. This approach do
A key resource for quantum optics experiments is an on-demand source of single and multiple photon states at telecommunication wavelengths. This letter presents a heralded single photon source based on a hybrid technology approach, combining high eff
Photon pairs produced by parametric down-conversion or four-wave mixing can interfere with each other in multiport interferometers, or carry entanglement between distant nodes for use in entanglement swapping. This requires the photons be spectrally