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Nobuyuki Imoto

Nobuyuki Imoto

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
53
Citations
11547
World Ranking
3371
National Ranking
47

Overview

Nobuyuki Imoto is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in physics, computer science, and engineering. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of physics and astronomy, with particular emphasis on atomic and molecular physics and optics. Imoto's work also spans artificial intelligence and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's main research interests include quantum information and cryptography, advanced fiber laser technologies, mechanical and optical resonators, quantum optics and atomic interactions, photonic and optical devices, orbital angular momentum in optics, and advanced photonic communication systems.

Imoto has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Massive-mode polarization entangled biphoton frequency comb (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • Cavity-enhanced broadband photonic Rabi oscillation (2021), published in Physical Review A
  • Quantum frequency conversion using 4-port fiber-pigtailed PPLN module (2023), published in Optics Express
  • Entangled photon pair detection by superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with a single-flux-quantum coincidence circuit (2021), published in Applied Physics Express
  • Robust entanglement distribution via telecom fibre assisted by an asynchronous counter-propagating laser light (2020), published in npj Quantum Information

The venues where Imoto frequently publishes encompass a range of specialized journals, including:

  • Physical Review A
  • Scientific Reports
  • Optics Express
  • Applied Physics Express
  • npj Quantum Information

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, notably:

  • Rikizo Ikuta
  • Toshiki Kobayashi
  • Takashi Yamamoto
  • Shigehito Miki
  • Hirotaka Terai

This profile reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating quantum mechanics, optics, and engineering. The research outputs represent significant contributions to understanding quantum phenomena and developing photonic technologies.

Best Publications

  • Quantum entanglement for secret sharing and secret splitting

    Anders Karlsson;Masato Koashi;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Quantum cryptography with coherent states

    B. Huttner;N. Imoto;N. Gisin;T. Mor

  • Quantum nondemolition measurement of the photon number via the optical Kerr effect

    N. Imoto;H. A. Haus;Y. Yamamoto

  • Concentration and purification scheme for two partially entangled photon pairs

    Takashi Yamamoto;Masato Koashi;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Amplitude squeezing in a semiconductor laser using quantum nondemolition measurement and negative feedback.

    Y. Yamamoto;N. Imoto;S. Machida

  • Direct observation of Hardy's paradox by joint weak measurement with an entangled photon pair

    Kazuhiro Yokota;Takashi Yamamoto;Masato Koashi;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Experimental extraction of an entangled photon pair from two identically decohered pairs

    Takashi Yamamoto;Masato Koashi;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Nobuyuki Imoto;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Wide-band quantum interface for visible-to-telecommunication wavelength conversion.

    Rikizo Ikuta;Yoshiaki Kusaka;Tsuyoshi Kitano;Hiroshi Kato

  • Observation of an electromagnetically induced grating in cold sodium atoms

    Masaharu Mitsunaga;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Unconditionally secure key distribution based on two nonorthogonal states.

    Kiyoshi Tamaki;Masato Koashi;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Simple and Efficient Quantum Key Distribution with Parametric Down-Conversion

    Yoritoshi Adachi;Takashi Yamamoto;Masato Koashi;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Quantum Cryptography Based on Split Transmission of One-Bit Information in Two Steps

    Masato Koashi;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Frequency-domain Hong–Ou–Mandel interference

    Toshiki Kobayashi;Rikizo Ikuta;Shuto Yasui;Shigehito Miki

  • Entangled webs: Tight bound for symmetric sharing of entanglement

    Masato Koashi;Vladimír Bužek;Vladimír Bužek;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Quantum optics of traveling-wave attenuators and amplifiers

    J. R. Jeffers;N. Imoto;R. Loudon

  • Generation of high-fidelity four-photon cluster state and quantum-domain demonstration of one-way quantum computing.

    Yuuki Tokunaga;Yuuki Tokunaga;Shin Kuwashiro;Takashi Yamamoto;Masato Koashi

  • Communication channels secured from eavesdropping via transmission of photonic Bell states

    Kaoru Shimizu;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Local Transformation of Two Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Photon Pairs into a Three-Photon W State

    Toshiyuki Tashima;Tetsuroh Wakatsuki;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Şahin Kaya Özdemir;Takashi Yamamoto

  • Probabilistic manipulation of entangled photons

    Masato Koashi;Takashi Yamamoto;Nobuyuki Imoto

  • Quantum theory for continuous photodetection processes.

    Masahito Ueda;Nobuyuki Imoto;Tetsuo Ogawa

  • Quantum cryptography with coherent states

    B. Huttner;N. Imoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Masato Koashi
Masato Koashi University of Tokyo
Shigehito Miki
Shigehito Miki National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Taro Yamashita
Taro Yamashita Tohoku University
Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Yoshihisa Yamamoto Stanford University
Lan Yang
Lan Yang Washington University in St. Louis
Yu-xi Liu
Yu-xi Liu Tsinghua University
Mikio Fujiwara
Mikio Fujiwara National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Masahito Ueda
Masahito Ueda University of Tokyo
Masahide Sasaki
Masahide Sasaki National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Franco Nori
Franco Nori University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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