Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale

Zhedong Zhang; Tao Peng; Xiaoyu Nie; Girish S. Agarwal; Marlan O. Scully

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00953-y

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Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale

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- Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 10, Pages: 2415-2423(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
  2.City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518057, China
  3.Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
  4.School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
  5.Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
  6.Baylor University, Waco, TX, 76704, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Zhedong Zhang (zzhan26@cityu.edu.hk)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00953-y
  CLC：
- Published：31 October 2022，
  
  Published Online：14 September 2022，
  
  Received：26 March 2022，
  
  Revised：02 July 2022，
  
  Accepted：07 August 2022
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Zhang, Z. D. et al. Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 2415-2423 (2022).
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Zhang, Z. D. et al. Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 2415-2423 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00953-y.

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Quantum entanglement has emerged as a great resource for spectroscopy and its importance in two-photon spectrum and microscopy has been demonstrated. Current studies focus on the two-photon absorption

whereas the Raman spectroscopy with quantum entanglement still remains elusive

with outstanding issues of temporal and spectral resolutions. Here we study the new capabilities provided by entangled photons in coherent Raman spectroscopy. An ultrafast frequency-resolved Raman spectroscopy with entangled photons is developed for condensed-phase molecules

to probe the electronic and vibrational coherences. Using quantum correlation between the photons

the signal shows the capability of both temporal and spectral resolutions not accessible by either classical pulses or the fields without entanglement. We develop a microscopic theory for this Raman spectroscopy

revealing the electronic coherence dynamics even at timescale of 50fs. This suggests new paradigms of optical signals and spectroscopy

with potential to push detection below standard quantum limit.

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