Quantum Optics Group publication list

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Ran Finkelstein, Samir Bali, Ofer Firstenberg, and Irina Novikova, "A practical guide to electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic vapor," New J. Phys. 25 035001 (2023).

Anne Fabricant, Irina Novikova, and Georg Bison, "How to build a magnetometer with thermal atomic vapors: A tutorial," New J. Phys. 25 025001 (2023).

Jiahui Li and Irina Novikova, "Improving Sensitivity of an Amplitude-Modulated Magneto-Optical Atomic Magnetometer using Squeezed Light,," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 39 2998-3003 (2022).

Savannah L. Cuozzo, Charris Gabaldon, Pratik J. Barge, Ziqi Niu, Hwang Lee, Lior Cohen, Irina Novikova, and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, "Wave-front reconstruction via single-pixel homodyne imaging,," Opt. Express 30 37938-37945 (2022).

Pratik J. Barge, Ziqi Niu, Savannah Cuozzo, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Irina Novikova, Hwang Lee, and Lior Cohen, ">Weak Thermal State Quadrature-Noise Shadow Imaging," Opt. Express 30 29401-29408 (2022).

Savannah L. Cuozzo, Pratik J. Barge, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Narayan Bhusal, Hwang Lee, Lior Cohen, Irina Novikova, and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, ">Low-Light Shadow Imaging using Quadrature-Noise Detection with a Camera," Advanced Quantum Technologies 2100147 (2022).

Xi-Wang Luo, Chuanwei Zhang, Irina Novikova, Chen Qian, and Shengwang Du, ">Wavelength conversion for single-photon polarization qubits through continuous variable quantum teleportation," accepted to Phys. Rev. A (2022).

Jianming Wen, Irina Novikova, Chen Qian, Chuanwei Zhang, and Shengwang Du, "Hybrid Entanglement between Optical Discrete Polarizations and Continuous Quadrature Variables," Photonics 8, 552 (2021).

N. Prajapati, Z. Niu and I. Novikova, "Quantum-Enhanced Two-Photon Spectroscopy Using Two-mode Squeezed Light," Opt. Lett. 46, 1800-1803 (2021).

Ivan A. Burenkov, Irina Novikova, Olga V. Tikhonova, and Sergey V. Polyakov, “Coherent optical processes with an all-optical atomic simulator,” Opt. Express 29, 330-341 (2022).

Elisha S. Matekole, Savannah L. Cuozzo, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Narayan Bhusal, Hwang Lee, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Jonathan P. Dowling and Lior Cohen, "Quantum-Limited Squeezed Light Detection with a Camera," Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 113602 (2020).

Scott E. Madaras, Jason A. Creeden, David J. Lahneman, Aiden Harbick, Douglas B. Beringer, M. Mumtaz Qazilbash, Irina Novikova, and Rosa A. Lukaszew, “Dynamics of the blue pump-induced insulator-to-metal transition and relaxation in VO2/TiO2 and VO2/TiO2:Nb thin films,” Opt. Mater. Express 10, 1393-1404 (2020).

Han Bao, Junlei Duan, Shenchao Jin, Xingda Lu, Pengxiong Li, Weizhi Qu, Mingfeng Wang, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Kai-Feng Zhao, Klaus Mψlmer, Heng Shen and Yanhong Xiao, “Spin squeezing of 1011 atoms by prediction and retrodiction measurements,” Nature 581, 159–163 (2020).

N. Prajapati, I. Novikova, “Polarization-Based Truncated SU(1,1) Interferometer based on Four-wave Mixing in Rb vapor,” Opt. Lett. 44, 5921 (2019).

Jian Sun, Weizhi Qu, Eugeniy Mikhailov, Irina Novikova, Heng Shen, Yanhong Xiao, “Spatial multiplexing of squeezed light by coherence diffusion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 203604 (2019).

Jason A. Creeden, Scott E. Madaras, Douglas B. Beringer, Irina Novikova, and Rosa A. Lukaszew, “Growth and Characterization of Vanadium Dioxide/Niobium Doped Titanium Dioxide Heterostructures for Ultraviolet Detection,” Adv. Optical Mater. 1901143 (2019).

Jason Creeden, Scott Madaras, Douglas Beringer, Irina Novikova, and Rosa Alejandra Lukaszew, “Intrinsic Anomalous Scaling of Epitaxial Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films on Titanium Dioxide,” AIP Advances 9, 095045 (2019).

N. Prajapati, N. Super, N.R. Lanning, J.P. Dowling, and Irina Novikova, “ Optical Angular Momentum Manipulations in a Four Wave Mixing Process,” Opt. Lett. 44, 739-742 (2019).

Ravn M. Jenkins, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, and Irina Novikova, “Transit Ramsey EIT resonances in a Rb vacuum cell,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36, 890-895 (2019).

R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao, Mi Zhang, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, and Jonathan P. Dowling, “ Quantized Nonlinear Gaussian-Beam Dynamics - Tailoring Multimode Squeezed-Light Generation,” Phys. Rev. A 98, 043824 (2018).

S. E. Madaras, J. Creeden, S. Kittiwatanakul, J. Lu, I. Novikova, and R. A. Lukaszew, “ Insulator to metal transition induced by surface plasmon polaritons in VO2/Au thin films,” Optics Express 26, 25657-25666(2018).

Nikunj Prajapati, Alexander M. Akulshin, and Irina Novikova, “Comparison of collimated blue light generation in 85Rb atoms via the D1 and D2 lines,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 35, 1133-1139 (2018).

M. A. Guirdy, E. Kuchina, I. Novikova and E. E. Mikhailov, “Characterization of frequency stability in EIT-based atomic clocks using a differential detection scheme,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34, 2244-2249 (2017).

Nikunj Prajapati, Gleb Romanov, Irina Novikova, “Suppression of Four-Wave Mixing in Hot Rubidium Vapor Using Ladder Scheme Raman Absorption,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 34, 1994-1999 (2017).

Zhihao Xiao, Mi Zhang, R. Nicholas Lanning, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Jonathan P. Dowling, “Why a hole is like a beam splitter--a general diffraction theory for multimode quantum states of light,” Physical Review A 96, 023829 (2017).

Demetrious T. Kutzke, Owen Wolfe, Simon M. Rochester, Dmitry Budker, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, “Tailorable Dispersion in a Four-Wave Mixing Laser,” Optics Letters 42, 2846-2849 (2017).

Mi Zhang, Melissa A. Guidry, R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao, Jonathan P. Dowling, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, “Multi-pass configuration for Improved Squeezed Vacuum Generation in Hot Rb Vapor,“ Physical Review A 96, 013835 (2017).

R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao, Mi Zhang, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Jonathan P. Dowling, “Gaussian Beam-Propagation Theory for Nonlinear Optics - Featuring an Exact Treatment of Orbital Angular Momentum Transfer,” Physical Review A 96, 013839 (2017).

Alexander M. Akulshin, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. MIikhailov, Sergey A. Suslov, and Russell J. McLean, “Arithmetic with optical topological charged in step-wise excited Rb vapour,” Optics Letters 41, 1146-1149 (2016).

Elena Kuchina, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Irina Novikova, “Effect of atomic diffusion on the Raman-Ramsey CPT resonances,” Journal of American Optical Society B 33, 610-614 (2016).

Gleb Romanov, Chris O'Brien, Irina Novikova, “Suppression of the four-wave mixing amplification via Raman absorption,” Journal of Modern Optics, DOI 10.1080/09500340.2015.1133856 (2016).

Mi Zhang, R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao, Jonathan P. Dowling, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, “Spatial multimode structure of atom-generated squeezed light” Physical Review A 93, 013853 (2016).

M. Rodriguez-Vega, M. T. Simons, E. Radue, S. Kittiwatanakul, J. Lu, S. A. Wolf, R. A. Lukaszew, I. Novikova, and E. Rossi, “Effect of inhomogeneties and substrate on the dynamics of the metal-insulator transition in VO2 thin films,” Physical Review B 92, 115420 (2015).

Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Yanhong Xiao, “Excess optical quantum noise in atomic sensors,” Physical Review A 91, 051804(R) (2015).

Alexander M. Akulshin, Russell J. McLean, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Irina Novikova, "Distinguishing nonlinear processes in atomic media via orbital angular momentum transfer," Optics Letters 40, 1109-1112 (2015).

E. Radue, L. Wang, S.Kittiwatanakul, J. Lu, S.A. Wolf, E. Rossi, R.A. Lukaszew, I. Novikova, "Substrate-induced microstructure effects on the dynamics of the photo-induced Metal-insulator transition in VO2 thin films" Journal of Optics 17, 025503 (2015).

E.E. Mikhailov, J. Evans, D. Budker, S.M. Rochester, and I. Novikova, "Four-wave mixing in a ring cavity," Optical Engineering 53, 102709 (2014).

G. Romanov, T. Horrom, I. Novikova, E.E. Mikhailov, " Propagation of a squeezed optical field in a medium with superluminal group velocity," Optics Letters 39, 1093-1096 (2014).

L. Wang, I. Novikova, J. M. Klopf, S. Madaras, E. Madaras, G. P. Williams, J. Lu, S. Wolf and R. A. Lukaszew, "Distinct Length Scales in the VO2 Metal-Insulator Transition Revealed by Bi-chromatic Optical Probing," Advanced Optical Materials 2, 30-33 (2014).

M. Zhang, J. Soultanis, I. Novikova, E.E. Mikhailov, "Generating squeezed vacuum field with non-zero angular momentum," Optics Letters 38, 4833 (2013).

E. Radue, E. Crisman, L. Wang, S. Kittiwatanakul, J. Lu, S. A. Wolf, R. Wincheski, R. A. Lukaszew, I. Novikova, "Substrate Effect on Optical Properties of Insulator-Metal Transition in VO2 Thin Films," J. Appl. Phys. 113, 233104 (2013).

Travis Horrom, Gleb Romanov, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, "All-atomic generation and noise-quadrature filtering of squeezed vacuum in hot Rb vapor ," Journal of Modern Optics 60, 43-49 (2013).

Nathaniel B. Phillips, Irina Novikova, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Dmitry Budker, Simon Rochester, "Controllable steep dispersion with gain in a four-level N-scheme with four-wave mixing," Journal of Modern Optics 60, 64-72 (2013).

L. Wang, E. Radue, S. Kittiwatanaku, C. Clavero,J. Lu, S. A. Wolf, I. Novikova, and R. A. Lukaszew, ""Surface plasmon polaritons in VO2 thin films for tunable low-loss plasmonic applications," Optics Letters 37, 4335-4337 (2012).

L. Wang, C. Clavero, K. Yang, E. Radue, M. T. Simons, I. Novikova, and R. A. Lukaszew, "Bulk and surface plasmon polariton excitation in RuO2 for low-loss plasmonic applications in NIR," Optics Express 20, 8618-8628 (2012).

Travis Horrom, Robinjeet Singh, Jonathan P. Dowling, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, "Quantum Enhanced Magnetometer with Low Frequency Squeezing," Phys. Rev. A 86, 023803 (2012).

Travis Horrom, Irina Novikova, and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, "All-atomic source of squeezed vacuum with full pulse-shape control," arxiv:1201.4372, J. Phys. B 45, 124015(2012).

Review article: I. Novikova, R. L. Walsworth, and Y. Xiao, " EIT-based slow and stored light in warm atoms," Laser & Photonics Reviews 6, 333–353 (2012).

M. T. Simons and I. Novikova, "CW second-order hyper-Raman generation in a LiNbO3 whispering-gallery mode disk resonator," Optics Letters 36, 3027 (2011).

N. B. Phillips, G. V. Romanov, W. F. Ames, and I. Novikova "Optical vortex filtering for the detection of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency," Journal of American Optical Society B 28, 2129 (2011).

N. B. Phillips, A. V. Gorshkov, and I. Novikova, "Light storage in an optically thick atomic ensemble under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency and four-wave mixing," Phys. Rev. A 83, 063823 (2011).

K. Cox, V. I. Yudin, A. V. Taichenachev, I. Novikova, and E. E. Mikhailov, "Measurements of vector magnetic field using multiple electromagnetically induced transparency resonances in Rb vapor,," Phys. Rev. A 83, 015801 (2011).

Travis Horrom, Salim Balik, Arturo Lezama, Mark D. Havey, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, "Polarization Self-rotation in Ultracold Atomic Rb," Phys. Rev. A 83, 053850 (2011).

Travis Horrom, Arturo Lezama, Salim Balik, Mark D. Havey, Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, "Quadrature noise in light propagating through a cold 87Rb atomic gas," Journal of Modern Optics 58, 1936-1941 (2011).

E. E. Mikhailov, T. Horrom, N. Belcher, and I. Novikova, " Performance of a prototype atomic clock based on lin||lin coherent population trapping resonances in Rb atomic vapor," Journal of American Optical Society B 77, 988 (2010).

S. A. Zibrov, I. Novikova, D. F. Phillips, R. L.Walsworth, A. S. Zibrov, V. L. Velichansky, A. V. Taichenachev, and V. I. Yudin, " Coherent population trapping resonances with linearly polarized light for all-optical miniature atomic clocks," Phys. Rev. A 81, 013833 (2010).

E. E. Mikhailov, I. Novikova, M. D. Havey, and F. A. Narducci, "Magnetic field imaging with atomic Rb vapor ," Opt. Lett. 34, 3529-3531 (2009).

E. E. Mikhailov, A. Lezama, T. W. Noel, and I. Novikova, "Vacuum squeezing via polarization self-rotation and excess noise in hot Rb vapors," J. Mod. Opt. 56, 1985-1992(2009).

N. B. Phillips, A. V. Gorshkov, and I. Novikova, "Slow light propagation and amplification via electromagnetically induced transparency and four-wave mixing in an optically dense atomic vapor," J. Mod. Opt. 56, 1916-1925 (2009).

I. Novikova, "Staying focused," Physics 2, 7 (2009).

N. Belcher, E. E. Mikhailov, and I. Novikova "Atomic Clocks and Coherent Population Trapping: Experiments for Undergraduate Laboratories," Am. J. Phys. 77, 988-998 (2009).

I. Novikova, N. B. Phillips, and A. V. Gorshkov "Optimal light storage with full pulse shape control," Phys. Rev. A 78, 021802(R) (2008).

N. B. Phillips, A. V. Gorshkov, and I. Novikova "Optimal light storage in atomic vapor," Phys. Rev. A 78, 023801 (2008).

E. E. Mikhailov and I. Novikova, "Low-frequency vacuum squeezing via polarization self-rotation in Rb vapor," Opt. Lett. 33, 1213-1215 (2008).

K. Goda, O. Miyakawa, E. E. Mikhailov, S. Saraf, R. Adhikari, K. McKenzie, R. Ward, S. Vass, A. J. Weinstein, and N. Mavalvala, "A quantum-enhanced prototype gravitational-wave detector," Nature Physics 4, 472 - 476 (2008).

I. Novikova, D.F. Phillips, and R.L.Walsworth, "Slow light with integrated gain and large pulse delay," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 173604 (2007).

I. Novikova, A.V. Gorshkov, D.F. Phillips, A.S. Sørensen, M.D. Lukin, and R.L. Walsworth, "Optimal control of light pulse storage and retrieval," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 243602 (2007).

Conference proceedings

G. Romanov, T. Horrom, I. Novikova, and E. E. Mikhailov, " Propagation of quantum optical fields under the conditions of multi-photon resonances in a coherent atomic vapor" Proc. SPIE 8636, Advances in Slow and Fast Light VI, 863616 (March 6, 2013).

M. T. Simons and I. Novikova, " Bright squeezed light via second harmonic generation in a whispering-gallery mode resonator" Proc. SPIE 8600, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XV, 86000M (February 22, 2013).

I. Novikova, E. E. Mikhailov, L. Stagg, S. Rochester, and D. Budker, " Tunable lossless slow and fast light in a four-level N-system" Proc. SPIE 8636, Advances in Slow and Fast Light VI, 86360C (March 6, 2013).

G. Romanov, T. Horrom, E. E. Mikhailov, and I. Novikova, " Slow and stored light with atom-based squeezed light" roc. SPIE 8273, Advances in Slow and Fast Light V, 827307 (February 9, 2012).

M. Klein, Y. Xiao, A. V. Gorshkov, M. Hohensee, C.D. Leung, M.R. Browning, D. F. Phillips, I. Novikova, R. L. Walsworth, "Optimizing slow and stored light for multidisciplinary applications" Proc. of SPIE, 6904, 69040C-1 (2008); also arXiv:0807.4941 (2008)

I. Novikova, Alexey V. Gorshkov, David F. Phillips, Yanhong Xiao, Mason Klein, and R. L. Walsworth, "Optimization of slow and stored light in atomic vapor" Proc. of SPIE, 6482, 64820M-1 (2007);

Internal documents

Ph.D. Dissertations

Scott Madaras, " Insulator to Metal Transition Dynamics of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films" (June, 2020).

Nikunj Prajapati, " Development of Quantum Information Tools Based on Multi- Photon Raman Processes in Rb Vapor" (June, 2020).

Jason Creeden, " Growth Engineering and Characterization of Vanadium Dioxide Films for Ultraviolet Detection" (October, 2019).

Gleb Romanov, " Study of variations of the dynamics of thOptical Control of Multi-Photon Coherent Interactions in Rubidium Atoms" (April, 2017).

Mi Zhang, " Study of Spatial Structure of Squeezed Vacuum Field" (March, 2017).

Ellie Radue, " Study of variations of the dynamics of the Metal-Insulator transition of thin lms of Vanadium Dioxide with an ultra-fast laser" (June, 2016).

Matt Simons, " Whispering-gallery mode resonators for nonlinear and quantum optical applications" (June, 2014).

Travis Horrom, " Experimental Generation and Manipulation of Quantum Squeezed Light via Polarization-Self-Rotation in Rb Vapor" (March, 2013).

Nathaniel B. Phillips, " Slow and Stored light under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency and four wave mixing in an atomic vapor" (August, 2011).

Undergraduate Theses

Sofia Brown, " Optical Fiber-Linked Magnetometer Employing Artificial Intelligence for Magnetic Field Measurement" Honor thesis (May, 2022).

Jiahui Li, " An Atomic Magnetometer based on Nonlinear Magneto-Optical Polarization Rotation" Honor thesis (May, 2022).

Alex Toyryla, " Development of a Vector Magnetometer based on Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in 87Rb Atomic Vapor" Honor thesis (May, 2022).

Hana Warner, " Four Wave Mixing with Orbital Angular Momentum Transfer" Honor thesis (May, 2020).

Kangning Yang, " Conservation of Orbital Angular Momentum in Degenerate Four-wave Mixing via Rubidium Vapor" Honor thesis (May, 2020).

Alex Fay, " Atomic Magnetometry for the Detection of Cardio-magnetic Fields" Honor thesis (May, 2020).

Ranv Jenkins, " Measuring magnetic field graduents using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Rb vapor" Honor thesis (May, 2019).

Nathan Super, " Two-mode squeezing and conservation of Optical Angular momentum via four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor" Honor thesis (May, 2018).

Melissa Guidry, " Exploring the Multi-Mode Structure of Atom-Generated Squeezed Light" Honor thesis (May, 2017).

Zach Thomas, " Magnetic Shielding Free Rubidium Magnetometer" Thesis (May, 2017).

Haley Bauser, " Light Entanglement via Four Wave Mixing through a Rubidium Vapor Cell" Honor thesis (May, 2016).

Ashna Aggrawal, " An Analysis of Optical Quantum Noise in Coherent Interactions for a Three-level Atom" Honor thesis (May, 2016).

Owen Wolfe, " Improving Optical Gyroscope Sensitivity Using a Fast Light Regime" Honor thesis (May, 2016).

Hunter Rew, " Increasing Quantum Limited Sensitivity of Interferometers Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency" Honor thesis (May, 2016).

Kelly Roman, " Entangling Photons via Four-Wave Mixing in a Rubidium Vapor Cell" Thesis (May, 2015).

Jesse Evans, " Implementation and Evaluation of Four Wave Mixing in Optical Gyroscopes" Honor thesis (May, 2014).

Bain Bronner, " Using Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators to Accurately Track Temperature Fluctuations" Honor thesis (May, 2013).

Evan Crisman, " Studies of Transmission and Reflection for an Anisotropic Thin Film System " Thesis (May, 2013).

Matt Argao, "Automated Mode-Matching of Gaussian Beams " Thesis (May, 2013).

Jakob Fry, " Three-Dimensional Magnetic Mapping using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and the Effects of Retro-reected Light on EIT" Honor thesis (May, 2012).

Pavel Zhuravlev, " Development of a Stable Laser Lock System" Thesis (May, 2012).

Kevin Cox, " Vector Magnetometer Using Rb Vapor" Honor thesis (May, 2011).

David J. Gribbin V, " Development of Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators in Lithium Niobate" Thesis (May, 2011).

Francesca M. Fornasini, " The Application of Four-Wave Mixing to Cold and Ultracold Atom Imaging" Honor thesis (May, 2010).

Paul L. Stubbs, " Laser Locking with Doppler-free Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy" Thesis (May, 2010).

William F. Ames, " Optical Filtering with Phase Singularities" Honor thesis (May, 2009).

Joseph A. Goldfrank, " Collisional Transfer of Atomic Coherence" Honor thesis (May, 2009).

Nathan T. Belcher, " Development of a Prototype Atomic Clock Based on Coherent Population Trapping" Thesis (May, 2008).

Reports and other documents

Logan Stagg, " Study of Slow and Fast Light in Rubidium Vapor" REU report (2012).

David Gribbin, " LiNbO3 Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators Polishing Procedure and Troubleshooting" REU report (2010).

Jeff Eldred, " Measuring Polarization Rotation to study Spin-exchange Collisions" REU report (2009).

Tom Noel, " Investigation of Squeezed Light with an Injection Locked Laser" REU report (2008).

Martha Roseberry, " Installation and Testing of an Optical Network" REU report (2008); " Technical documentation to remote wavemeter interface"

Nathan Belcher, " Optimization of a Prototype Atomic Clock Based on Coherent Population Trapping" REU report (2008).

Will Ames, " Optical Filtering with Phase Singularities" REU report (2008).

Nathan Belcher, "VCSEL Laser System for Atomic Clocks," REU report (2007).