Publications
Alexander Lvovsky

2011

A. MacRae, T. Brannan and A. I. Lvovsky
Tomography of a High-Purity Narrowband Photon From a Transient Atomic Collective Excitation
arXiv.org:1112.4855

M. Lobino, S. Rahimi-Keshari, D. Korystov, C. Kupchak, E. Figueroa, A. Scherer, B. C. Sanders and A. I. Lvovsky
Quantum-optical process tomography using coherent states
Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computation, pp. 197 - 206
Published by American Physical Society (APS), College Park, United States of America, 2011

R. Kumar, E. Barrios, A. MacRae, E. Cairns, E. H. Huntington and A. I. Lvovsky
Versatile Wideband Balanced Detector for Quantum Optical Homodyne Tomography
arXiv.org:1111.4012

D. W. Berry and A. I. Lvovsky
Preservation of loss in linear-optical processing
Physical Review A 84, 042304 (2011)
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B. He, A. MacRae, Y. Han, A. I. Lvovsky and C. Simon
Transverse multimode effects on the performance of photon-photon gates
Physical Review A 83, 022312 (2011)
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S. Rahimi-Keshari, A. Scherer, A. Mann, A. T. Rezakhani, A. I. Lvovsky and B. C. Sanders
Quantum process tomography with coherent states
New Journal of Physics 13, 013006 (2011)
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Y. Chi, B. Qi, W. Zhu, L. Qian, H.-K. Lo, S.-H. Youn, A. I. Lvovsky and L. Tian
A balanced homodyne detector for high-rate Gaussian-modulated coherent-state quantum key distribution
New Journal of Physics 13, 013003 (2011)
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2010

D. W. Berry and A. I. Lvovsky
Linear-optical processing cannot increase photon efficiency
Physical Review Letters 105, 203601 (2010)
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N. Jain, S. R. Huisman, E. Bimbard and A. I. Lvovsky
A bridge between the single-photon and squeezed-vacuum state
Optics Express 18, 18254 - 18259 (2010)
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E. Bimbard, N. Jain, A. MacRae and A. I. Lvovsky
Quantum-optical state engineering up to the two-photon level
Nature Photonics 4, 243 - 247 (2010)
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2009

A. I. Lvovsky, B. C. Sanders and W. Tittel
Optical Quantum Memory
Nature Photonics 3, 706 - 714 (2009)
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G. Campbell, A. Ordog and A. I. Lvovsky
Multimode electromagnetically-induced transparency on a single atomic line
New Journal of Physics 11, 103021 (2009)
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A. I. Lvovsky
Protecting quantum superpositions from the outside world
Physics
2009, volume 2, article 83
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S. R. Huisman, N. Jain, S. A. Babichev, F. Vewinger, A.-N. Zhang, S.-H. Youn and A. I. Lvovsky
Instant single-photon Fock state tomography
Optics Letters 34, 2739 - 2741 (2009)
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M. Lobino, C. Kupchak, E. Figueroa and A. I. Lvovsky
Memory for light as a quantum process
Physical Review Letters 102, 203601 (2009)
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J. Appel, A. MacRae and A. I. Lvovsky
Versatile digital GHz phase lock for external cavity diode lasers
Measurement Science and Technology 20, 055302 (2009)
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K. Kuntz, B. Braverman, S.-H. Youn, M. Lobino, E. M. Pessina and A. I. Lvovsky
Spatial and temporal characterization of a Bessel beam produced using a conical mirror
Physical Review A 79, 043802 (2009)
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Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC): the Ninth International Conference
Proceedings, edited by A. I. Lvovsky
ISBN 0735406476
Published by American Institute of Physics Inc., Melville, United States of America, 2009

N. Jain, S.-H. Youn and A. I. Lvovsky
Quantum tomography of the single-photon state generated by down conversion in a periodically poled KTP Crystal
Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 1110, issue 1, pp. 201 - 204 (2009)
Edited by A. I. Lvovsky

G. Campbell, C. Healey, J. Appel, K.-P. Marzlin and A. I. Lvovsky
Generation of squeezed vacuum states via polarization self-rotation
Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 1110, issue 1, pp. 173 - 176 (2009)
Edited by A. I. Lvovsky

E. Figueroa, J. Appel, C. Kupchak, M. Lobino, D. Korystov and A. I. Lvovsky
Electromagnetically-induced transparency and squeezed light
Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 1110, issue 1, pp. 249 - 252 (2009)
Edited by A. I. Lvovsky

A. MacRae, G. Campbell, A. Ordog and A. I. Lvovsky
Simultaneous slow light pulses with matched group velocities via double-EIT
Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 1110, issue 1, pp. 269 - 272 (2009)
Edited by A. I. Lvovsky

K. Kuntz, B. Braverman, S.-H. Youn, M. Lobino, E. M. Pessina and A. I. Lvovsky
Spatial and temporal characterization of a Bessel beam produced using a conical mirror
Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 1110, issue 1, pp. 291 - 294 (2009)
Edited by A. I. Lvovsky

M. Lobino, D. Korystov, C. Kupchak, E. Figueroa, B. C. Sanders and A. I. Lvovsky
Coherent-state quantum process tomography
Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
AIP Conference Proceedings, volume 1110, issue 1, pp. 447 - 450 (2009)
Edited by A. I. Lvovsky

A. I. Lvovsky and M. G. Raymer
Continuous-variable optical quantum-state tomography
Reviews of Modern Physics 81, 299 - 332 (2009)
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E. Figueroa, M. Lobino, D. Korystov, J. Appel and A. I. Lvovsky
Propagation of squeezed vacuum under electromagnetically induced transparency
New Journal of Physics 11, 013044 (2009)
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2008

B. Braverman, K. Kuntz, M. Lobino, E. M. Pessina and A. I. Lvovsky
Measurement of superluminal phase and group velocities of Bessel beams in free space
arXiv.org:0811.4469

A. MacRae, G. Campbell and A. I. Lvovsky
Matched slow pulses using double electromagnetically induced transparency
Optics Letters 33, 2659 - 2661 (2008)
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M. Lobino, D. Korystov, C. Kupchak, E. Figueroa, B. C. Sanders and A. I. Lvovsky
Complete characterization of quantum-optical processes
Science 322, 563 - 566 (2008)
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K.-P. Marzlin, J. Appel and A. I. Lvovsky
Photons as quasi-charged particles
Physical Review A 77, 043813 (2008)
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J. Appel, E. Figueroa, D. Korystov, M. Lobino and A. I. Lvovsky
Quantum memory for squeezed light
Physical Review Letters 100, 093602 (2008)
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2007

F. Vewinger, J. Appel, E. Figueroa and A. I. Lvovsky
Adiabatic frequency conversion of quantum optical information in atomic vapor
Optics Letters 32, 2771 - 2773 (2007)
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M. Oberst, F. Vewinger and A. I. Lvovsky
Time-resolved probing of the ground state coherence in rubidium
Optics Letters 32, 1755 - 1757 (2007)
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J. Rehacek, Z. Hradil, E. Knill and A. I. Lvovsky
Diluted maximum-likelihood algorithm for quantum tomography
Physical Review A 75, 042108 (2007)
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J. Appel, D. Hoffman, E. Figueroa and A. I. Lvovsky
Electronic noise in optical homodyne tomography
Physical Review A 75, 035802 (2007)
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A. I. Lvovsky, W. Wasilewski and K. Banaszek
Decomposing a pulsed optical parametric amplifier into independent squeezers
Journal of Modern Optics 54, 721 - 733 (2007)
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A. I. Lvovsky and M. G. Raymer
Continuous-variable quantum-state tomography of optical field and photons
Section in book: Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light, pp. 409 - 430
Edited by N. Cerf, G. Leuchs, and E. Polzik
World Scientific, 2007

D. W. Berry, A. I. Lvovsky and B. C. Sanders
Efficiency limits for linear optical processing of single photons and single-rail qubits
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 24, 189 - 197 (2007)
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2006

E. Figueroa, F. Vewinger, J. Appel, G. Günter and A. I. Lvovsky
Characterization of atomic coherence decay for the storage of light
Proceedings of Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IV (Conference 6305) Optics+Photonics 2006
Proceedings of SPIE, volume 6305, article 630514 (2006)
Edited by R. E. Meyers, Y. Shih and K. S. Deacon

E. Figueroa, F. Vewinger, J. Appel and A. I. Lvovsky
Decoherence of electromagnetically-induced transparency in atomic vapor
Optics Letters 31, 2625 - 2627 (2006)
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W. Wasilewski, A. I. Lvovsky, K. Banaszek and C. Radzewicz
Pulsed squeezed light: simultaneous squeezing of multiple modes
Physical Review A 73, 063819 (2006)
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J. Appel, K.-P. Marzlin and A. I. Lvovsky
Raman adiabatic transfer of optical states in multilevel atoms
Physical Review A 73, 013804 (2006)
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D. W. Berry, A. I. Lvovsky and B. C. Sanders
Interconvertibility of single-rail optical qubits
Optics Letters 31, 107 - 109 (2006)
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2005

A. I. Lvovsky and T. Aichele
On the advanced wave model of parametric down-conversion
Proceedings of 2nd Workshop on Entanglement and Decoherence of Complex Quantum Systems, pp. 41 - 48
Edited by V.M., A. Sarfati, G. Kurizki, and S. Pellegrin
Published by Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2005

R. T. Horn, S. A. Babichev, K.-P. Marzlin, A. I. Lvovsky and B. C. Sanders
Single-qubit optical quantum fingerprinting
Physical Review Letters 95, 150502 (2005)
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R. T. Horn, A. J. Scott, J. Walgate, R. Cleve, A. I. Lvovsky and B. C. Sanders
Classical and quantum fingerprinting with shared randomness and one-sided error
Quantum Information and Computation 5, 258 - 271 (2005)
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A. I. Lvovsky, S. A. Babichev and J. Appel
Continuous-variable experiments with optical qubits
Proceedings of Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging III Optics+Photonics 2005
Proceedings of SPIE, volume 5631, pp. 42 - 50 (2005)
Edited by G.C. Guo, H. K. Lo, M. Sasaki, S. H. Liu

2004

A. I. Lvovsky and T. Aichele
Conditionally prepared photon and quantum imaging
Proceedings of Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging II Optics+Photonics 2004
Proceedings of SPIE, volume 5551, issue 1, pp. 1 - 6 (2004)
Edited by R. E. Meyers and Y. Shih
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A. I. Lvovsky
Iterative maximum-likelihood reconstruction in quantum homodyne tomography
Journal of Optics B: Quantum Semiclassical Optics 6, S556 - S559 (2004)
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S. A. Babichev, J. Appel and A. I. Lvovsky
Homodyne tomography characterization and nonlocality of a dual-mode optical qubit
Physical Review Letters 92, 193601 (2004)
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S. A. Babichev, B. Brezger and A. I. Lvovsky
Remote preparation of a single-mode photonic qubit by measuring field quadrature noise
Physical Review Letters 92, 047903 (2004)
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G. Badurek, Z. Hradil, A. I. Lvovsky, G. Molina-Teriza, H. Rauch, J. Rehacek, A. Vaziri and M. Zawisky
Maximum-likelihood estimation in experimental quantum physics
Section in book: Quantum state estimation
Edited by M.Paris and J. Rehacek
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004
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2003

S. A. Babichev, J. Ries and A. I. Lvovsky
Quantum scissors: teleportation of single-mode optical states by means of a nonlocal single photon
Europhysics Letters 64, 1 - 7 (2003)
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J. Ries, B. Brezger and A. I. Lvovsky
Experimental Vacuum Squeezing in Rubidium Vapor via Self-Rotation
Physical Review A 68, 025801 (2003)
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A. I. Lvovsky, S. A. Babichev and J. Mlynek
Quantum technology of non-classical light: new experiments and perspectives
Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
Edited by J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota

2002

A. I. Lvovsky, S. R. Hartmann and F. Moshary
Superfluorescence-stimulated photon echoes
Physical Review Letters 89, 263602 (2002)
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H. Held, A. I. Lvovsky, X. Wei and Y. R. Shen
Bulk contribution from isotropic media in surface sum-frequency generation
Physical Review B 66, 205110 (2002)
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A. I. Lvovsky and S. A. Babichev
Synthesis and tomographic characterization of the displaced Fock state of light
Physical Review A 66, 011801 (2002)
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A. I. Lvovsky and J. Mlynek
Quantum-Optical catalysis: Generating Nonclassical States of Light by Means of Linear Optics
Physical Review Letters 88, 250401 (2002)
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E. V. Kovalchuk, D. Dekorsy, A. I. Lvovsky, C. Braxmaier, J. Mlynek, S. Schiller and A. Peters
Doppler-free spectroscopy of CH4 using a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator
Proceedings of 6th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, pp. 513 - 515
Edited by P. Gill
Published by World Scientific, 2002
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A. Peters, U. Strößner, E. V. Kovalchuk, D. Dekorsy, A. I. Lvovsky, A. Hecker, C. Braxmaier, J. Mlynek and S. Schiller
Continuous-wave optical parametric oscillators as new tools for high-resolution Doppler-free molecular spectroscopy
Proceedings of 6th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, pp. 37 - 44
Edited by P. Gill
Published by World Scientific, 2002
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A. I. Lvovsky
Cabellos nonlocality and linear optics
Physical Review Letters 88, 098901 (2002)
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A. I. Lvovsky and J. H. Shapiro
Nonclassical character of statistical mixtures of the single-photon and vacuum optical states
Physical Review A 65, 033830 (2002)
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T. Aichele, A. I. Lvovsky and S. Schiller
Optical mode characterization of single photons prepared via conditional measurements on a biphoton state
European Physical Journal D 18, 237 - 245 (2002)
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2001

H. Hansen, T. Aichele, C. Hettich, P. Lodahl, A. I. Lvovsky, J. Mlynek and S. Schiller
An ultra-sensitive pulsed balanced homodyne detector: Application to time-domain quantum measurements
Optics Letters 26, 1714 - 1716 (2001)
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E. V. Kovalchuk, D. Dekorsy, A. I. Lvovsky, C. Braxmaier, A. Peters, J. Mlynek and S. Schiller
High-resolution Doppler-free molecular spectroscopy using a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator
Optics Letters 26, 1430 - 1432 (2001)
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A. I. Lvovsky, H. Hansen, T. Aichele, O. Benson, J. Mlynek and S. Schiller
Quantum State Reconstruction of the Single-Photon Fock State
Physical Review Letters 87, 050402 (2001)
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M. Oh-e, A. I. Lvovsky, X. Wei, D. Kim and Y. R. Shen
Nonlinear optical studies of surface structures of rubbed polyimides and adsorbed liquid crystal monolayers
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 364, 427 (2001)

2000

M. Oh-e, A. I. Lvovsky, X. Wei and Y. R. Shen
Sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy of side alkyl chain structures of polyimide surfaces
Journal of Chemical Physics 113, 8827 - 8832 (2000)
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X. Wei, S. C. Hong, A. I. Lvovsky, H. Held and Y. R. Shen
Evaluation of surface vs. bulk contributions in sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy using reflection and transmission geometries
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 104, 3349 - 3354 (2000)
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1999

A. I. Lvovsky, S. R. Hartmann and F. Moshary
Omnidirectional Superfluorescence
Physical Review Letters 82, 4420 - 4423 (1999)
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A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann
Superradiant self-diffraction
Physical Review A 59, 4052 - 4057 (1999)
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1998

A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann
Time-delayed second-harmonic generation in an atomic vapor of cesium
Proceedings of Eleventh International Vavilov Conference on Nonlinear Optics
Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3485, pp. 86 - 97 (1998)

A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann
Coherent Fan Emissions
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 31, 3997 - 4016 (1998)
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1997

A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann
Time-delayed second-harmonic generation in cesium vapor
Physical Review A 56, 4254 - 4263 (1997)
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A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann
Time-delayed second-harmonic generation in an atomic Cs vapor
Proceedings of Photon Echo and Coherent Spectroscopy
Proceedings of SPIE, volume 3239, pp. 94 - 104 (1997)

1996

A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann
Photon echo modulation effects in cesium vapor
Laser Physics 6, 535 - 543 (1996)
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