Contextuality from Single-State Ontological Models: An Information-Theoretic No-Go Theorem

This paper establishes an information-theoretic no-go theorem proving that classical ontological models constrained to reuse a single ontic state space across multiple interventions inevitably incur an irreducible contextual information cost, thereby identifying contextuality as a fundamental limitation of such classical representations that quantum theory circumvents by relaxing the single-variable assumption.

Song-Ju KimWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Quantum-preserving telecom conversion of atomic biphotons

This paper experimentally demonstrates the efficient frequency conversion of atomic biphotons to the telecom band using a diamond-type atomic ensemble, successfully preserving their temporal waveforms, nonclassical antibunching, and strong quantum correlations to enable practical interfaces for distributed quantum communication.

Ling-Chun Chen, Chang-Wei Lin, Jiun-Shiuan Shiu, Wei-Lin Chen, Yi-Che Wang, Yong-Fan ChenWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Decoherence-free Behaviors of Quantum Emitters in Dissipative Photonic Graphene

This paper demonstrates that quantum emitters coupled to a two-dimensional dissipative photonic graphene with exceptional rings can achieve decoherence-free interactions and stabilization in dissipation-robust quasilocalized states through dissipation engineering, offering a promising pathway for protecting quantum coherence in high-dimensional photonic environments.

Qing-Yang Qiu, Guoqing Tian, Zhi-Guang Lu, Franco Nori, Xin-You LüWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Temporal limitations and digital data processing in continuous variable measurements of non-Gaussian states

This paper investigates how the temporal resolution of homodyne detection and digital data processing constraints in realistic experimental setups impact the faithful acquisition and reconstruction of non-Gaussian quantum states generated via continuous-wave light.

Antoine Petitjean, Anthony Martin, Mohamed F. Melalkia, Tecla Gabbrielli, Léandre Brunel, Alessandro Zavatta, Sébastien Tanzilli, Jean Etesse, Virginia D'AuriaWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Narrowband heralded single photons via Bragg grating inscription in germanium-doped photonic crystal fiber

This paper presents a fiber-based source of narrowband heralded single photons in the telecom C-band, achieved by generating photon pairs via spontaneous four-wave mixing in a germanium-doped photonic crystal fiber and filtering them with a UV-written fiber Bragg grating to enable efficient coupling to quantum memories.

Will A. M. Smith, Alex I. Flint, Rex H. S. Bannerman, James C. Gates, Peter G. R. Smith, Alex O. C. Davis, Peter J. MosleyWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

System-bath model for quantum chemistry

This paper proposes an approximate mapping of molecular Hamiltonians to a system-bath model, where a two-orbital active space is encoded by two qubits and the remaining electronic excitations are modeled as a bosonic bath, enabling high-accuracy calculations of vertical excitation energies on near-term quantum computers.

Dmitry S. Golubev, Reza G. Shirazi, Vladimir V. Rybkin, Benedikt M. Schoenauer, Peter Schmitteckert, Michael MarthalerWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Variational Quantum Dimension Reduction for Recurrent Quantum Models

This paper introduces a variational quantum dimension reduction framework that utilizes parameterized quantum circuits and the Quantum Fidelity Divergence Rate metric to efficiently identify and remove redundant memory degrees of freedom in recurrent quantum models, thereby enabling the learning of minimal, scalable architectures without requiring explicit state reconstructions.

Chufan Lyu, Ximing Wang, Mile Gu, Thomas J. Elliott, Chengran YangWed, 11 Ma⚛️ quant-ph