Wednesday, April 30, 2014

About me






 My research interests are in the areas of Optical Physics and Quantum Optics. My recent work includes experimental and theoretical investigations on optical interference, quantum imaging, weak measurements, classical and quantum communication, quantum key distribution, and compressive sensing.


Media coverage

Our object identification paper on the cover of Nature - Light: Science & Applications (July 2017):



Here the Story of our work on Exotic Trajectories of Light:



Our work on Hanbury Brown and Twiss interferometry with twisted light appeared in the Cover page of Science Advances:


      



News about our paper in Science Advances, thanks Leonor Sierra

http://eldia.es/agencias/8626363-nueva-version-experimento-Hanbruy-Brown-Twiss-ofrece-nuevo-enfoque-deteccion-objetos-remotos


http://phys.org/news/2016-04-hanbury-browntwiss-interferometry-approach-remote.html


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160408163720.htm


Thanks to Andreas C. Liapis for making the artistic version of our experiment




Interview :
(audio in spanish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH7OsrKChu8

On the Radio:

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My publications

PUBLICATIONS

1. “Multiphoton Quantum-State Engineering using Conditional Measurements",  O.S. Magana-Loaiza*, R. de J.  Leon-Montiel, A. Perez-Leija, A. B. U'Ren, C. You, K. Busch, A. E. Lita, S. W. Nam, R. P. Mirin, and T. Gerrits, arXiv1901.00122 (2019). 

2. “Exceptional points of any order in a single, lossy, waveguide beamsplitter by photon-number-resolved detection",  M. A. Quiroz-Juarez, A. Perez-Leija, K. Tschernig, B. M. Rodriguez-Lara, O.S. Magana-Loaiza, K. Busch, Y. N. Joglekar, and R. de J.  Leon-Montiel*, Photonics Research, 8, 862-867 (2019). 

3. “Measurement of the Photon-Plasmon Coupling Phase Shift", A. Safari*, R. Fickler, E. Giese, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza,  and R. W. Boyd, Physical Review Letters, 122, 133601 (2019).


4. “Compressive characterization of telecom photon pairs in the spatial and spectral degrees of freedom", N. Montaut, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza*,  T. J. Bartley, V. B. Verma, S. W. Nam, R. P. Mirin, C. Silberhorn, and T. Gerrits, Optica, 5,11, 1418-1423 (2018).

5. “Measurement of the radial mode spectrum of photons through a phase-retrieval method", S. Choudhary*, R. Sampson, Y. Miyamoto, O.S. Magana-Loaiza, S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani, M. Mirhosseini and R. W. Boyd Optics Letters, 43,24, 6101-6104, (2018). 

6. “Multiphoton Discrete Fractional Fourier Dynamics in Waveguide Beam Splitters", K. Tschernig, R. de J. León-Montiel, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza,  A. Szameit, K. Busch, and A. Pêrez-Leija*, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 35, 1985-1989 (2018).

7. “Challenging local realism with human choices", L. K. Shalm*, M. Stevens, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, T. Gerrits, S. Glancy, P. Bierhost, E. Knill, R. Mirin, S. W. Nam, with The Big Bell Test Collaboration, Nature, 557, 212-216 (2018).

8. “Single-shot measurement of the orbital-angular-momentum spectrum of light", G. Kulkarni, R. Sahu, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, R. W. Boyd, and A. K. Jha*, Nature Communications, 8, 1054 (2017).

9. “Digital spiral object identification using random light", Z. Yang, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza*, M. Mirhosseini, Y. Zhou, B. Gao, L. Gao, S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani, G. Long, and R. W. Boyd, Nature Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17013 (2017). Cover page.

10. “Quantum-enhanced interferometry with weak thermal light", S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani*, M. Mirhosseini, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, B. Gard, B. E. Koltenbah, C. G. Parazzoli, B. C. Capron, C. G. Gerry, J. P. Dowling and R. W. Boyd, Optica, 4, 4, 487-491(2017).

11. “Distributed angular double-slit interference with pseudo-thermal light", L. Gao*, S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani, Y. Zhou, Z. Yang, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, M. Mirhosseini,J Zhao, B. Gao, and R. W. Boyd, Applied Physics Letters, 110, 071107 (2017).

12. “Exotic Looped Trajectories of Photons in Three-Slit Interference", O. S. Magaña-Loaiza*, I. De Leon, M. Mirhosseini, R. Fickler, A. Safari, U. Mick, B. McIntyre, P. Banzer, B. Rodenburg, G. Leuchs, and R. W. Boyd, Nature Communications, 7, 13987 (2017).

13. Weak-value measurements can outperform conventional measurements", O. S. Magana-Loaiza*, J. Harris, J. Lundeen and R. W. Boyd, Invited Comment Physica Scripta, 92, 023001 (2016). Paper of the Week.

14. "Recent progress in weak value amplification and direct measurement." O. S. Magana-Loaiza*, M. Mirhosseini, and R. W. Boyd, Proceedings of the International School of Physics ''Enrico Fermi'', Vol 190, Frontiers in Modern Optics, edited by D. Faccio, J. Dudley and M. Clerici (IOS Press, Amsterdam; DIF Bologna) 2016, pp. 77-122.

15. "Weak-value amplification of the fast-light effect in rubidium vapor." M. Mirhosseini*, G. I. Viza, O. S. Magana-Loaiza, M. Malik, J. C. Howell and R. W. Boyd, Physical Review A, 93, 053836 (2016).

16. "Hanbury Brown and Twiss Interferometry with Twisted Light". O. S. Magana-Loaiza*, M. Mirhosseini, R. M. Cross, S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani and R. W. Boyd, Science Advances, 2, e1501143 (2016). Cover page (Exploring twisted light - The physics behind random optical fields).

17. "Multiplexing Free-Space Channels using Twisted Light". B. Rodenburg, O. S. Magana-Loaiza*, M. Mirhosseini, P. Taherirostami, C. Chen and R. W.  Boyd, Journal of Optics, 18, 054015 (2016).


18. "Wigner distribution of twisted photons". M. Mirhosseini*, O. S. Magana-Loaiza, C. Chen, S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani and R. W. Boyd, Physical Review Letters, 116, 130402 (2016).

19. "Enhanced spectral sensitivity of a chip-scale photonic-crystal slow-light interferometer". O. S. Magana-Loaiza*, B. Gao, S. A. Schulz, K. Awan, J. Upham, K. Dolgaleva, and R. W.  Boyd, Optics Letters, 41, 1431 (2016).


20. “Light-drag enhancement by a highly dispersive rubidium vapor”. A. Safari, I. De Leon, M. Mirhosseini, O. S. Magana-Loaiza and R. W. Boyd. Physical Review Letters, 116, 013601 (2016). 

21. “The Quantum Hilbert Hotel”. V. Potocek*, F. M. Miatto, M. Mirhosseini, O. S. Magana-Loaiza, A. C. Liapis, D. K. L. Oi, R. W. Boyd and J. Jeffers. Physical Review Letters,115, 160505 (2015). Synopsis.

22. “State transfer based on classical nonseparability”. S. M. Hashemi Rafsanjani*, M. Mirhosseini, O. S. Magana-Loaiza and R. W. Boyd. Physical Review A, 92, 023827 (2015).

23. “High-dimensional quantum cryptography with twisted light”, M. Mirhosseini*, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, M. N. O‘Sullivan, B. Rodenburg, M. Malik, M.P.J. Lavery, M. J. Padgett, D. J. Gauthier and R. W. Boyd, New Journal of Physics , 17, 033033 (2015), Highlights of 2015.


24. “Compressive Direct Measurement of the Quantum Wavefunction", M. Mirhosseini*, O. S. Magaña- Loaiza, S.M. Hashemi Rafsanjani and R. W. Boyd, Physical Review Letters , 113, 090402 (2014).

25. “Experimental generation of an optical field with arbitrary spatial coherence properties", B. Rodenburg*, M. Mirhosseini, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, and R. W. Boyd, JOSA B , Vol. 31, Issue 6, pp. A51-A55 (2014).

26. “Amplification of Angular Rotations Using Weak Measurements", O. S. Magaña-Loaiza*, M. Mirhosseini, B. Rodenburg, and R. W. Boyd, Physical Review Letters , 112, 200401 (2014).

27. “Simulating thick atmospheric turbulence in the lab with application to orbital angular momentum communication", B. Rodenburg*, M. Mirhosseini, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, M. Yanakas, L. Maher, N. K. Steinhoff, G. A. Tyler, R. W. Boyd, New Journal of Physics , 16, 033020 (2014).

28. “Rapid Generation of Light Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum”, M. Mirhosseini*, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, C. Chen, B. Rodenburg, M. Malik, and R. W. Boyd, Optics Express , Vol. 21, Issue 25, 30196-30203 (2013).

29. “Compressive Object Tracking using Entangled Photons", O. S. Magaña-Loaiza*, G. A. Howland, M. Malik, J. C. Howell, and R.W. Boyd, Applied Physics Letters , 102, 231104 (2013). Editors’ Choice article in Science  Volume 341, Number 6141, Issue 5 July 2013.

30. “Enhancing entangled-state phase estimation by combining classical and quantum protocols ", H. Shin*, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza, M. Malik, Malcolm N. O‘Sullivan and R. W Boyd, Optics Express , Vol. 21, Issue 3, 2816-2822 (2013).

31. “Quantum-secured Imaging", M. Malik*, O. S. Magaña-Loaiza and R. W. Boyd, Applied Physics Letters101, 241103 (2012).