Rydberg-Mediated Nonlinear Quantum Optics

Quantum Physics arXiv:2608.02992 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 4 Aug 2026] Title:Rydberg-Mediated Nonlinear Quantum Optics Authors:Yun-Hui He, Chang-Cheng Li, Xu Shen, Jing-Xu Bai, Xiao-Feng Shi, Lin Li, Yue-Chun Jiao, Jian-Ming Zhao View a PDF of the paper titled Rydberg-Mediated Nonlinear Quantum Optics, by Yun-Hui He and 7 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Rydberg atoms have emerged as a versatile platform for quantum optics due to their exaggerated properties, particularly their strong long-range interactions, which enable a new regime of light-matter interaction. By mapping the interactions between Rydberg atoms onto photons, effective photon-photon interactions can be realized at the single-photon level, thereby overcoming the intrinsic weakness of conventional optical nonlinearities. In this review, we first introduce the fundamental physical principles of Rydberg-mediated quantum optics, and then discuss some key developments, including single-photon engineering, photonic quantum gates, contactless nonlinear optics, and quantum entanglement, providing a comprehensive overview of the current state and prospects of this rapidly developing field. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2608.02992 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2608.02992v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.02992 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ae9073 Focus to learn more DOI(s) linking to related resources Submission history From: Yunhui He [view email] [v1] Tue, 4 Aug 2026 01:11:00 UTC (3,665 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Rydberg-Mediated Nonlinear Quantum Optics, by Yun-Hui He and 7 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: physics physics.atom-ph References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)