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Nicolás Quesada (80)

Journal articles (56)
- 2024
  - Chinni, K., & Quesada, N. (2024). Beyond the parametric approximation: Pump depletion, entanglement, and squeezing in macroscopic down-conversion. Physical Review A, 110(1), 01312 (21 pages).
  - Poveda-Hospital, S., Quesada, N., & Peter, Y.-A. (2024). Etching Properties of PIN-PMN-PT and its Integration in Electro-Optic Phase Modulators. Optical Materials Express, 15(3), 522-530.
  - Thekkadath, G., Houde, M., England, D., Bustard, P. J., Bouchard, F., Quesada, N., & Sussman, B. (2024). Gain-Induced Group Delay in Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion. Physical Review Letters, 133(20), 7 pages.
  - Martínez-Cifuentes, J., Guise, H. , & Quesada, N. (2024). Linear cross-entropy certification of quantum computational advantage in Gaussian Boson sampling. PRX Quantum, 5(4), 040312 (44 pages).
  - Houde, M., McCutcheon, W., & Quesada, N. (2024). Matrix decompositions in quantum optics: Takagi/Autonne, Bloch-Messiah/Euler, Iwasawa, and Williamson. Canadian Journal of Physics, 102(10), 497-507.
  - Houde, M., & Quesada, N. (2024). Perfect pulsed inline twin-beam squeezers. Avs Quantum Science, 6(2), 021402.
  - Cardin, Y., & Quesada, N. (2024). Photon-number moments and cumulants of Gaussian states. Quantum, 8, 19 pages.
  - Oh, C., Fefferman, B., Jiang, L., & Quesada, N. (2024). Quantum-inspired classical algorithm for graph problems by Gaussian Boson sampling. PRX quantum, 5(2), 020341 (15 pages).
  - Yao, Y., Miatto, F., & Quesada, N. (2024). Riemannian optimization of photonic quantum cricuits in phase and Fock space. SciPost, 17(3), 082 (44 pages).
- 2023
  - Martínez-Cifuentes, J., Romero, K. M. F., & Quesada, N. (2023). Classical models may be a better explanation of the Jiuzhang 1.0 Gaussian Boson Sampler than its targeted squeezed light model. Quantum, 7, 1076 (20 pages).
  - Poveda-Hospital, S., Peter, Y.-A., & Quesada, N. (2023). Custom nonlinearity profile for integrated quantum light sources. Physical Review Applied, 19(5), 054033 (9 pages).
  - Houde, M., & Quesada, N. (2023). Waveguided sources of consistent, single-temporal-mode squeezed light: The good, the bad, and the ugly. AVS Quantum Science, 5(1), 15 pages.
- 2022
  - Quesada, N., Helt, L. G., Menotti, M., Liscidini, M., & Sipe, J. E. (2022). Beyond photon pairs: Nonlinear quantum photonics in the high-gain regime: a tutorial. Advances in Optics and Photonics, 14(3), 291-403.
  - Quesada, N., Chadwick, R. S., Bell, B. A., Arrazola, J. M., Vincent, T., Qi, H., & Garcia-Patron, R. (2022). Quadratic Speed-Up for Simulating Gaussian Boson Sampling. PRX Quantum, 3(1), 010306 (8 pages).
  - Deshpande, A., Mehta, A., Vincent, T., Quesada, N., Hinsche, M., Ioannou, M., Madsen, L., Lavoie, J., Qi, H., Eisert, J., Hangleiter, D., Fefferman, B., & Dhand, I. (2022). Quantum computational advantage via high-dimensional Gaussian boson sampling. Science Advances, 8(1), 15 pages.
  - Houde, M., & Quesada, N. (2022). Squeezed states of waveguided sources with varying brightnesses are partially distinguishable. Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition, 119, QTu2A.28-QTu2A.28.
  - Grier, D., Brod, D. J., Arrazola, J. M., de Andrade Alonso, M. B., & Quesada, N. (2022). The Complexity of Bipartite Gaussian Boson Sampling. Quantum, 6, 44 pages.
  - Bulmer, J. F. F., Paesani, S., Chadwick, R. S., & Quesada, N. (2022). Threshold detection statistics of bosonic states. Physical Review A, 106(4), 043712 (14 pages).
- 2021
  - Kalajdzievski, T., & Quesada, N. (2021). Exact and approximate continuous-variable gate decompositions. Quantum, 5, 394-394.
  - Arrazola, J. M., Bergholm, V., Brádler, K., Bromley, T. R., Collins, M. J., Dhand, I., Fumagalli, A., Gerrits, T., Goussev, A., Helt, L. G., Hundal, J., Isacsson, T., Israel, R. B., Izaac, J., Jahangiri, S., Janik, R., Killoran, N., Kumar, S. P., Lavoie, J., ... Zhang, Y. (2021). Quantum circuits with many photons on a programmable nanophotonic chip. Nature, 591(7848), 54-60.
- 2020
  - Bromley, T. R., Arrazola, J. M., Jahangiri, S., Izaac, J., Quesada, N., Gran, A. D., Schuld, M., Swinarton, J., Zabaneh, Z., & Killoran, N. (2020). Applications of near-term photonic quantum computers: software and algorithms. Quantum Science and Technology, 5(3), 034010.
  - Vaidya, V. D., Morrison, B., Helt, L. G., Shahrokshahi, R., Mahler, D. H., Collins, M. J., Tan, K., Lavoie, J., Repingon, A., Menotti, M., Quesada, N., Pooser, R. C., Lita, A. E., Gerrits, T., Nam, S. W., & Vernon, Z. (2020). Broadband quadrature-squeezed vacuum and nonclassical photon number correlations from a nanophotonic device. Science Advances, 6(39), eaba9186.
  - Gupt, B., Arrazola, J. M., Quesada, N., & Bromley, T. R. (2020). Classical benchmarking of Gaussian Boson Sampling on the Titan supercomputer. Quantum Information Processing, 19(8), 249-249.
  - Helt, L. G., & Quesada, N. (2020). Degenerate squeezing in waveguides: a unified theoretical approach. Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2(3), 035001.
  - Quesada, N., & Arrazola, J. M. (2020). Exact simulation of Gaussian boson sampling in polynomial space and exponential time. Physical Review Research, 2(2), 023005.
  - Miatto, F. M., & Quesada, N. (2020). Fast optimization of parametrized quantum optical circuits. Quantum, 4, 366-366.
  - Jahangiri, S., Arrazola, J. M., Quesada, N., & Killoran, N. (2020). Point processes with Gaussian boson sampling. Physical Review E, 101(2), 022134.
  - Jahangiri, S., Arrazola, J. M., Quesada, N., & Delgado, A. (2020). Quantum algorithm for simulating molecular vibrational excitations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(44), 25528-25537.
  - Qi, H., Brod, D. J., Quesada, N., & García-Patrón, R. (2020). Regimes of Classical Simulability for Noisy Gaussian Boson Sampling. Physical Review Letters, 124(10), 100502.
  - Quesada, N., Triginer, G., Vidrighin, M. D., & Sipe, J. E. (2020). Theory of high-gain twin-beam generation in waveguides: From Maxwell's equations to efficient simulation. Physical Review A, 102(3), 033519.
  - Banchi, L., Quesada, N., & Arrazola, J. M. (2020). Training Gaussian boson sampling distributions. Physical Review A, 102(1), 012417.
  - Triginer, G., Vidrighin, M. D., Quesada, N., Eckstein, A., Moore, M., Kolthammer, W. S., Sipe, J. E., & Walmsley, I. A. (2020). Understanding High-Gain Twin-Beam Sources Using Cascaded Stimulated Emission. Physical Review X, 10(3), 031063.
- 2019
  - Björklund, A., Gupt, B., & Quesada, N. (2019). A Faster Hafnian Formula for Complex Matrices and Its Benchmarking on a Supercomputer. ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics, 24, 1-17.
  - Quesada, N., & Brańczyk, A. M. (2019). Broadband pseudothermal states with tunable spectral coherence generated via nonlinear optics. Physical Review A, 99(1), 013830.
  - Killoran, N., Bromley, T. R., Arrazola, J. M., Schuld, M., Quesada, N., & Lloyd, S. (2019). Continuous-variable quantum neural networks. Physical Review Research, 1(3), 033063.
  - Quesada, N. (2019). Franck-Condon factors by counting perfect matchings of graphs with loops. Journal of Chemical Physics, 150(16), 164113.
  - Quesada, N., Adjei, E., El-Ganainy, R., & Brańczyk, A. M. (2019). Non-Hermitian engineering for brighter broadband pseudothermal light. Physical Review A, 100(4), 043805.
  - Vernon, Z., Quesada, N., Liscidini, M., Morrison, B., Menotti, M., Tan, K., & Sipe, J. E. (2019). Scalable Squeezed-Light Source for Continuous-Variable Quantum Sampling. Physical Review Applied, 12(6), 064024.
  - Quesada, N., Helt, L. G., Izaac, J., Arrazola, J. M., Shahrokhshahi, R., Myers, C. R., & Sabapathy, K. K. (2019). Simulating realistic non-Gaussian state preparation. Physical Review A, 100(2), 022341.
  - Killoran, N., Izaac, J., Quesada, N., Bergholm, V., Amy, M., & Weedbrook, C. (2019). Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing. Quantum, 3, 129-129.
  - Gupt, B., Izaac, J., & Quesada, N. (2019). The Walrus: a library for the calculation of hafnians, Hermite polynomials and Gaussian boson sampling. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(44).
- 2018
  - Quesada, N., Arrazola, J. M., & Killoran, N. (2018). Gaussian boson sampling using threshold detectors. Physical Review A, 98(6), 062322.
  - Quesada, N., & Brańczyk, A. M. (2018). Gaussian functions are optimal for waveguided nonlinear-quantum-optical processes. Physical Review A, 98(4), 043813.
- 2017
  - Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. (2017). Why you should not use the electric field to quantize in nonlinear optics. Optics Letters, 42(17), 3443-3446.
- 2016
  - Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. (2016). High efficiency in mode-selective frequency conversion. Optics Letters, 41(2), 364-367.
  - Sahota, J., Quesada, N., & James, D. F. V. (2016). Physical resources for optical phase estimation. Physical Review A, 94(3), 033817.
- 2015
  - Sahota, J., & Quesada, N. (2015). Quantum correlations in optical metrology: Heisenberg-limited phase estimation without mode entanglement. Physical Review A, 91(1), 013808.
  - Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. (2015). Time-Ordering Effects in the Generation of Entangled Photons Using Nonlinear Optical Processes. Physical Review Letters, 114(9), 093903.
- 2014
  - Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. (2014). Effects of time ordering in quantum nonlinear optics. Physical Review A, 90(6), 063840.
- 2013
  - Quesada, N., & Sanpera, A. (2013). Bound entanglement in the Jaynes–Cummings model. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 46(22), 224002.
  - Quesada, N., Brańczyk, A. M., & James, D. F. V. (2013). Self-calibrating tomography for multidimensional systems. Physical Review A, 87(6), 062118.
- 2012
  - Quesada, N., Al-Qasimi, A., & James, D. F. V. (2012). Quantum properties and dynamics of X states. Journal of Modern Optics, 59(15), 1322-1329.
  - Quesada, N. (2012). Strong coupling of two quantum emitters to a single light mode: The dissipative Tavis-Cummings ladder. Physical Review A, 86(1), 013836.
- 2011
  - Quesada, N., Vinck-Posada, H., & Rodríguez, B. A. (2011). Density operator of a system pumped with polaritons: a Jaynes-Cummings-like approach. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23(2), 025301.
- 2010
  - Quesada, N., & Moyano, G. E. (2010). Melting of Lennard-Jones rare-gas clusters doped with a single impurity atom. Physical Review B, 82(5).
- 2009
  - Vera, C. A., Quesada, N., Vinck-Posada, H., & Rodríguez, B. A. (2009). Characterization of dynamical regimes and entanglement sudden death in a microcavity quantum dot system. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21(39), 395603.
Conference papers (17)
- 2024
  - Chinni, K., & Quesada, N. (2024, May). Beyond the parametric approximation: pump depletion, entanglement and squeezing in down-conversion [Paper]. Science and Innovations 2024, Charlotte, NC, USA.
  - Houde, M., & Quesada, N. (2024, May). Perfect pulsed inline twin-beam squeezers [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - Applications and Technologies (CLEO_AT 2024), Charlotte, North Carolina United States.
  - Poveda-Hospital, S., Quesada, N., & Peter, Y.-A. (2024, July). PIN-PMN-PT electro-optic phase modulator [Paper]. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN 2024), San Sebastian, Spain (2 pages).
- 2023
  - Houde, M., & Quesada, N. (2023, May). Waveguided sources of consistent, single-temporal-mode squeezed light: the good, the bad, and the ugly [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2023), San Jose, CA, USA.
- 2021
  - Cifuentes, D., Qi, H., Bradler, K., Israel, R., Kalajdzievski, T., & Quesada, N. (2021, March). Computation of banded hafnians and applications in optical quantum computing [Paper]. Spring Eastern Virtual Sectional Meeting.
  - Banic, M., Liscidini, M., Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. (2021, May). Spontaneous and Stimulated Three Photon Generation [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO_QELS 2021), San Jose, California.
- 2020
  - Vidrighin, M. D., Triginer, G., Quesada, N., Eckstein, A., Moore, M., Kolthammer, W. S., Sipe, J. E., & Walmsley, I. A. (2020, May). High-Gain Twin-Beam Generation in Waveguides: Experimental Characterization Using Cascaded Stimulated Emission [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Washington, D.C..
- 2019
  - Shahrokhshahi, R., Morrison, B., Collins, M. J., Helt, L. G., Quesada, N., Mahler, D. H., Tan, K., Vaidya, V. D., Repingon, A., Lavoie, J., Menotti, M., Pooser, R. C., Lita, A., Nam, S. W., Gerrits, T., & Vernon, Z. (2019, May). Beyond photon pairs: Nanophotonic photon number difference squeezing [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Jose, California.
- 2017
  - Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. The effects of self- and cross-phase modulation in the generation of bright twin beams using SPDC [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2017), San Jose, Calif..
- 2016
  - Quesada, N., & Sipe, J. E. (2016, March). High efficiency in Mode Selective Frequency Conversion for Optical Quantum Information Processing [Paper]. APS March Meeting 2016, Baltimore, Maryland.
  - Sahota, J., Quesada, N., & James, D. F. V. (2016, October). Quantum resources for optical phase estimation [Paper]. Frontiers in Optics 2016, Rochester, New York.
- 2015
  - Quesada, N., & Sahota, J. (2015, May). Particle vs. mode entanglement in optical quantum metrology [Paper]. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2015), San Jose, California, USA.
- 2013
  - Quesada, N., Brańczyk, A. M., & James, D. F. V. (2013, October). Holistic Quantum State and Process Tomography [Paper]. Frontiers in Optics 2013, Orlando, Florida.
  - Quesada, N. (2013, June). Quantum correlations in a mixed full rank qubit-qudit system: Discord and entanglement in the Jaynes-Cummings model [Paper]. Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting, Rochester, New York.
  - Quesada, N., Brańczyk, A. M., & James, D. F. V. (2013, June). Self-calibrating tomography for non-unitary processes [Paper]. Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting, Rochester, New York.
- 2011
  - Quesada, N., & James, D. F. V. (2011, October). An equation of motion for the concurrence of 2 qubit pure states [Paper]. Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII, San Jose, California.
  - Quesada, N., Cárdenas, P. C., Vinck-Posada, H., & Rodríguez, B. A. (2011, October). Strong coupling criterion for two interacting excitons in a nanocavity [Paper]. Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII, San Jose, California.
Books (1)
- 2011
  - Quesada, N., & Moyano, G. E. (2011). Programas para la simulación numérica de nanoagregados. Cálculo de propiedades termodinámicas en plataforma distribuidas.
Book chapters (1)
- 2012
  - Moyanno, G. E., & Quesada, N. (2012). Simulación de nanomateriales mediante métodos tipo monte carlo. In Escobar, L. D. L. (ed.), Formación y modelación en ciencias básicas .
Patents (2)
- 2020
  - Killoran, N., Bromley, T. R., Arrazola, J. M., Schuld, M., & Quesada, N. (2020). Apparatus and methods for quantum computing and machine learning. (Patent Application no. US20200401920).
  - Vernon, Z., Kang, T. A. N., Morrison, B., Shahrokhshahi, R., Mahler, D., Menotti, M., & Quesada, N. (2020). Integrated devices for squeezed light generation. (Patent no. US10649307).
Theses (1)
- 2015
  - Quesada, N. (2015). Very Nonlinear Quantum Optics [Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto].
Datasets (2)
- 2024
  - Martínez-Cifuentes, J., de Guise, H., & Quesada, N. (2024). Linear cross-entropy certification of quantum computational advantage in Gaussian Boson Sampling [Dataset].
- 2022
  - Martínez-Cifuentes, J., Fonseca-Romero, K. M., & Quesada, N. (2022). Classical models are a better explanation of the Jiuzhang 1.0 Gaussian Boson Sampler than its targeted squeezed light model [Dataset].

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