
Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova
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Building bridges between strong-field physics and quantum optics

FAU physicists investigate behavior of electrons in intense quantum light A working group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has made an…
ERC Advanced Grant for FAU researcher Maria Chekhova

The team around Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova, Professor of Optics at FAU and the Max Planck Institute for the Science…
FAU LMQ People Spotlight: Maria Chekhova

In this FAU LMQ People Spotlight, we interviewed our member Maria Chekhova, who is Professor of Optics at FAU since 2020…
FAU LMQ Research Spotlight: A liquid crystal source of photon pairs

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) – the splitting of a single photon in two – is crucial for photonic quantum technologies.…
FAU is set to become a beacon in quantum research

Consortium from Erlangen receives roughly 3 million euros from the Free State of Bavaria.
Publications
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Quantum light drives electrons strongly at metal needle tips
In: Nature Physics (2025)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03087-1 - , , , , , , , :
Interference of Biphotons Emitted by Resonant Metasurfaces
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2025 (Long Beach, CA, USA, 4. May 2025 – 9. May 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2025 2025 - , , , , , , , :
Fano interference of photon pairs from a metasurface
In: Light: Science & Applications 14 (2025), Article No.: 371
ISSN: 2047-7538
DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-01998-5 - , , , , , , :
Strong field electron emission driven by a bright squeezed vacuum
2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 (Munich, DEU, 23. June 2025 – 27. June 2025)
In: 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025 2025
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC65582.2025.11110135 - , , :
A simple model for entangled photon generation in resonant structures
In: Optics Express 33 (2025), p. 13946-13960
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/OE.555205
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Third-order parametric down-conversion in tapered optical fibers: An exact theoretical treatment of conversion efficiency
Nonlinear Optics and its Applications 2024 (Strasbourg, FRA, 8. April 2024 – 11. April 2024)
In: John M. Dudley, Anna C. Peacock, Birgit Stiller, Giovanna Tissoni (ed.): Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 2024
DOI: 10.1117/12.3016899 - :
Spontaneous parametric down-conversion in ultrathin samples
Nonlinear Optics and its Applications 2024 (Strasbourg, FRA, 8. April 2024 – 11. April 2024)
In: John M. Dudley, Anna C. Peacock, Birgit Stiller, Giovanna Tissoni (ed.): Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 2024
DOI: 10.1117/12.3016302 - , , , , , :
Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy with undetected photons from high-gain spontaneous parametric down-conversion
In: Communications Physics 7 (2024), Article No.: 217
ISSN: 2399-3650
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01717-3 - , , , , , , :
Multiphoton electron emission with non-classical light
In: Nature Physics (2024)
ISSN: 1745-2473
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-024-02472-6 - , , , , , :
Liquid crystals as new tunable sources of entangled photon pairs
Photonics for Quantum 2024 (Waterloo, ON, 17. June 2024 – 20. June 2024)
In: Michael Reimer, Nir Rotenberg, Donald F. Figer (ed.): Photonics for Quantum 2024 2024
DOI: 10.1117/12.3023811 - , , , , , :
Polarization tomography of photon pairs emitted by nonlinear metasurfaces with quasi-bound states in the continuum resonances
CLEO: Fundamental Science, CLEO:FS 2024 – Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2024 (Charlotte, NC, USA, 5. May 2024 – 10. May 2024)
In: CLEO: Fundamental Science, CLEO:FS 2024 in Proceedings CLEO 2024 – Part of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2024 - , , , , , , :
Quantum Pair Generation in Nonlinear Metasurfaces with Mixed and Pure Photon Polarizations
In: Nano Letters (2024)
ISSN: 1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04398 - , , , , , :
Quantitative analysis of the intensity distribution of optical rogue waves
In: Communications Physics 7 (2024), Article No.: 119
ISSN: 2399-3650
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01592-y - , , , , , , , :
Second-Order Nonlinear Circular Dichroism in Square Lattice Array of Germanium Nanohelices
In: ACS Photonics 11 (2024), p. 3630-3635
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00721 - , :
Temporally Distilled High-Dimensional Biphotonic States from Thin Sources
In: ACS Photonics 11 (2024), p. 2-6
ISSN: 2330-4022
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01169 - , , , , , :
Tunable entangled photon-pair generation in a liquid crystal
In: Nature 631 (2024), p. 294-299
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07543-5 - , , , , :
Tunable liquid-crystal source of photon pairs
CLEO: Science and Innovations 2024 (Charlotte, NC, 5. May 2024 – 10. May 2024)
In: CLEO: Science and Innovations 2024 2024
DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2024.STh1F.6
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Collectively Enhanced Giant Circular Dichroism of Germanium Nanohelix Square Lattice Arrays
In: Advanced Photonics Research 4 (2023)
ISSN: 2699-9293
DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202300159 - , :
Broadband Sensing with Undetected Photons with Strong Parametric Amplification
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2023 (San Jose, CA, USA, 7. May 2023 – 12. May 2023)
In: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2023 2023 - , , :
Broadband Spectroscopy and Interferometry with Undetected Photons at Strong Parametric Amplification
In: Advanced Quantum Technologies (2023)
ISSN: 2511-9044
DOI: 10.1002/qute.202300299 - , :
Wigner function tomography via optical parametric amplification
In: Optica 10 (2023), p. 1142-1146
ISSN: 2334-2536
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.488697 - , , , , , , :
Characterizing the spatiotemporal correlations of bright entangled quantum states of light using classical methods
2023 Optica Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting, NLO 2023 (Honolulu, HI, 10. July 2023 – 13. July 2023)
In: Optica Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting 2023 2023
DOI: 10.1364/NLO.2023.W1A.2 - , , :
Tunable Fiber Source of Entangled Ultraviolet and Infrared Photons
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2023 (San Jose, CA, USA, 7. May 2023 – 12. May 2023)
In: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2023 2023 - , , , :
Tunable fiber source of entangled UV-C and infrared photons
In: Optics Letters 48 (2023), p. 3423-3426
ISSN: 0146-9592
DOI: 10.1364/OL.494917 - , , , :
Nonlinear Interferometry for Quantum-Enhanced Measurements of Multiphoton Absorption
In: Physical Review Letters 130 (2023), Article No.: 203604
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.203604 - , , , , , , , , :
Photon pairs bi-directionally emitted from a resonant metasurface
In: Nanoscale (2023)
ISSN: 2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05499j - , , , :
Crystal superlattices for versatile and sensitive quantum spectroscopy
In: Optics Express 31 (2023), p. 7265-7276
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/OE.477019 - , , , , , , , , , , , :
Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion Beaming from a Lithium Niobate Nanostructured Resonator
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 (Munich, DEU, 26. June 2023 – 30. June 2023)
In: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 2023
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10232211
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Bright squeezed vacuum for two-photon spectroscopy: Simultaneously high resolution in time and frequency, space and wavevector
In: Optics Letters 47 (2022), p. 465-468
ISSN: 0146-9592
DOI: 10.1364/OL.448352 - , , , , , , , , :
SPDC Conversion from Bound State in the Continuum in Semiconductor Metasurfaces: Polarization Properties
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 – 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022 - , , , , , , :
Statistics of multiphoton photoemission under coherent and non-classical illumination
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 – 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022 - , , , , :
Classical model of spontaneous parametric down-conversion
In: Physical Review Research 4 (2022)
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033098 - , , , :
Two-photon-absorption measurements in the presence of single-photon losses
In: Physical Review A 106 (2022)
ISSN: 1050-2947
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.043706 - , , , :
Cascaded frequency up-conversion of bright squeezed vacuum: Spectral and correlation properties
In: Optics Letters 47 (2022), p. 766-769
ISSN: 0146-9592
DOI: 10.1364/OL.448790 - , , , , :
Experimental measurement of the orbital-angular-momentum spectrum in high-gain parametric down-conversion
CLEO: Science and Innovations, S and I 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 – 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022 - , , , , :
Analysis of the signal measured in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography based on nonlinear interferometers
In: Physical Review A 106 (2022), Article No.: 033702
ISSN: 1050-2947
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.033702 - , , , , , , :
Resonant metasurfaces for generating complex quantum states
In: Science 377 (2022), p. 991-995
ISSN: 0036-8075
DOI: 10.1126/science.abq8684 - , , , , , , , , :
Photon Pair Generation from Bound States in the Continuum in Nonlinear Metasurfaces
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 – 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022 - , , :
Flat-optics generation of broadband photon pairs with tunable polarization entanglement
In: Optics Letters 47 (2022), p. 3872-3875
ISSN: 0146-9592
DOI: 10.1364/OL.458133 - , , :
Polarization-Entangled Photons From Ultrathin Nonlinear Layers
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 (San Jose, CA, USA, 15. May 2022 – 20. May 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022 - , , , :
Versatile Superlattice-enhanced Quantum Sensing
Optical Sensors, Sensors 2022 (Vancouver, BC, CAN, 11. July 2022 – 15. July 2022)
In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022 - , , :
METASURFACES for quantum technologies
In: Physics Today 75 (2022), p. 38-44
ISSN: 0031-9228
DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5062
