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Principles of Optics in the Fock Space: Scalable Manipulation of Giant Quantum States

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Pith's one-line read In the large-photon limit, a single driven bosonic mode obeys the paraxial diffusion equation of classical optics, with photon number as the transverse coordinate.

desk verdict Impressive experimental scope mapping Fock space to paraxial optics; the photon-number readout at high n is the load-bearing weak spot. read the letter →

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Yifang Xu , Yilong Zhou , Ziyue Hua , Lida Sun , Jie Zhou , Weiting Wang , Weizhou Cai , Hongwei Huang
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Lintao Xiao Guangming Xue Haifeng Yu Ming Li Chang-Ling Zou Luyan Sun
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The paper claims that in the large-photon limit the Schrödinger evolution of a single bosonic mode under a weak coherent pump is governed by the same equation as paraxial wave propagation, with the photon number playing the role of the transverse spatial coordinate. That is, the amplitudes across Fock states evolve like the field profile of an optical beam, so classical optical elements—prisms, lenses, slits, imaging systems—have direct counterparts built from phases and hopping in Fock space. The authors implement these elements in a superconducting microwave cavity with up to 180 photons and demonstrate propagation, refraction, lensing, dispersion, double-slit interference, and imaging, including focusing a 150-photon coherent state to a narrow distribution and claiming a 17% success rate for preparing the |150⟩ Fock state. If the correspondence holds, designing high-dimensional quantum states becomes an optical-design problem rather than a numerical-optimization problem, potentially extending to thousands of photons.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the discrete diffusion equation i∂c_n/∂t = ε_p √n Δ²[c_n] + 2ε_p √n c_n, whose second-order difference Δ²[c_n] = c_{n+1} + c_{n-1} − 2c_n plays the role of the transverse Laplacian. Applying the continuous approximation Δ² ≈ ∂²/∂n² and removing the linear drift term by a frame transformation turns it into the paraxial wave equation, establishing the mapping ξ→n, ζ→t, D→√n̄ ε_p. The experimental machinery is the cavity–transmon system: a weak detuned pump produces nearest-neighbor hopping in the Fock ladder (switchable diffusion), detuning and self-Kerr terms create linear and quadratic phase profiles (prism and lens), and the dispersively coupled qubit acts as a ph

What would settle it

Vary the input width σ and phase curvature φ0 of the Fock-space lens and test the predicted focal-width scaling σ_min ≈ 1/(4φ0σ) and focal time t_min ≈ 1/(4√n̄ ε_p φ0); systematic disagreement at low photon numbers would show where the paraxial approximation breaks down. In parallel, an independent readout (e.g., Wigner tomography) of the focused population at n=150 would settle whether the reported 17% success rate reflects the true state or measurement error.

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Core claim

The central claim is a formal duality between quantum dynamics in photon-number space and classical wave optics: for n ≫ 1, the coefficients c_n of a driven bosonic mode satisfy the discrete diffusion equation i∂c_n/∂t = ε_p √n Δ²[c_n] + 2ε_p √n c_n, and under the slowly-varying-envelope approximation this becomes the paraxial diffusion equation with photon number n as the transverse coordinate and time as the propagation axis. The √n hopping factor is nearly constant at large n, making the Fock ladder equivalent to a uniform waveguide array. Using a superconducting cavity–transmon system, the authors show that detuning and the self-Kerr effect imprint linear and quadratic phase profiles ont

Load-bearing premise

The demonstrations assume that the photon-number-resolving readout (the 'Fock-space camera') faithfully measures populations up to n = 180; the paper's own calibration places an upper bound of about 80% on readout fidelity at |150⟩, so the headline 17% preparation probability is a raw count and the 84–90% imaging similarities still contain substantial unsubtracted measurement error.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Optical design rules transfer directly: the lens equation 1/tu + 1/tv = 1/tf correctly predicts where a Fock-space state forms an image, and double-slit fringe spacing scales as 1/d, both confirmed in the data.
  • High-photon Fock states become preparable without exhaustive optimization: the lens focuses a 150-photon coherent state to a narrow distribution and produces |150⟩ with a claimed 17% success rate, compared with 2.2% for |100⟩ in earlier work.
  • Since the wave-equation description does not grow with Hilbert-space dimension, the framework is claimed to be scalable to thousands of photons, well beyond what optimized-control methods can handle.
  • The focused states are metrologically useful: the measured 9.7-fold photon-number-variance compression implies up to 19.7 dB improvement over the standard quantum limit for small-displacement sensing, with a predicted gain above 27 dB for a 1000-photon focused state.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the correspondence is robust, the rest of the paraxial optics toolbox—gratings, mirrors, metasurfaces, time lenses—maps into Fock space, giving a design language for bosonic error-correction states and metrology resources that avoids per-state numerical optimization. (Our inference.)
  • The paper's own calibration numbers imply the headline 17% success rate is an uncorrected raw count: with readout fidelity bounded near 80% at |150⟩ and a measured T1 of 4.8 μs versus the ideal 11 μs, the corrected preparation probability is about 21% before decay, so the practical advantage over earlier methods will depend on improving readout and lifetime. (Our inference.)
  • A testable extension is the predicted scaling σ_min ≈ 1/(4φ0σ) of the focused width with input width and phase curvature; verifying it across a range of photon numbers would map exactly where the large-n, paraxial approximations break down. (Our inference.)
  • The framework should transfer to any bosonic platform with the same Hamiltonian structure—mechanical oscillators, trapped ions—which would make high-photon Fock-state engineering a platform-independent design task. (Our inference.)
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Summary. This paper proposes a 'Fock-space optics' framework in which the photon-number index n of a single bosonic mode plays the role of a synthetic spatial coordinate. Starting from the Schrödinger equation for a weakly driven cavity, the authors derive a discrete diffusion equation in n [Eq. (2)] and, in the large-photon-number limit, map it onto the paraxial diffusion equation of classical optics [Eq. (25)]. They then implement the claimed Fock-space analogues of propagation, refraction, prism dispersion, convex/concave lensing, Young's double-slit interference, and imaging in a superconducting cavity-transmon system, using coherent states with mean photon numbers up to 150–180. The reported highlights include the preparation of a |150> Fock state with a 17% success rate, a Newton-prism-like linear frequency-to-photon-number mapping, and a two-lens imaging system with 84–90% cosine similarity between measured and ideal distributions.

Significance. The theoretical mapping is elegant, self-contained, and checkable; the derivation in Supplementary Sec. II is clear and the correspondence to paraxial optics is plausible. The qualitative experimental demonstrations—particularly the controlled interference of two coherent Gaussian components and the concave-lens time-reversal behavior—are suggestive and well supported by control experiments (e.g., the mixed-state no-fringe test in Fig. S7). If the quantitative claims could be substantiated, the ability to focus a coherent state to a Fock state with sigma ~ 1.3 at n ~ 150 would represent a significant advance over existing few-photon control methods and would open a practical route to bosonic state engineering. However, as detailed below, the quantitative experimental results are not yet supported due to uncharacterized readout response and partially circular calibrations.

major comments (4)
  1. [Supplementary Sec. V.C; Figs. 2h and S10] The quantitative experimental claims are not corrected for the readout and decay calibrations reported in Supplementary Sec. V.C. The paper's own Fig. S6d places an upper bound of ~80% on the combined selective-pi/readout fidelity at |150>, and Fig. S6f gives T1(|150>)=4.8 mus versus the ideal 11 mus. Yet the main text reports the 17% success rate for |150> (Fig. 2h) and the Gaussian fit in Fig. S10 (sigma=1.26+/-0.12) without deconvolving or propagating these effects. A scalar 80% efficiency only rescales the peak to ~21%, but unknown leakage from neighboring Fock states would also distort the width and the imaging cosine similarities (84-90%, Fig. 5). To support the abstract's 'up to 180 photons' and the preparation claim, the authors should characterize the full response function of the Fock-space camera (or at least show a corrected distribution with uncertainties).
  2. [Supplementary Sec. VI.C; Fig. 3d] The Newton-prism dispersion measurement is presented as confirming a linear relationship between detuning and focal position, but the self-Kerr coefficient K6 used to draw the line is calibrated from the same data set via Eq. (44) of Supplementary Sec. VI.C (fit in Fig. S9). The extracted value K6=1.00+/-0.87 Hz is consistent with zero within uncertainty, so the 'linear relationship' in Fig. 3d is not an independent confirmation. The demonstration remains qualitative, but the wording 'confirmed' is overstrong. An independent calibration of K6 (e.g., from Ramsey measurements at high Fock numbers) or a fit that reports the uncertainty of the predicted slope would remove the circularity.
  3. [Eq. (5), Fig. 5; calibration of t_f] The imaging condition in Eq. (5) uses t_f=144 ns 'as calibrated in Fig. 2h.' If t_f is extracted from the same lens-focusing data that the imaging experiment is designed to validate, then the agreement between measured magnification (1.27, 1.26) and predicted M=tv/tu=1.36 is partly by construction. Please specify how t_f was obtained (e.g., from the time of minimum width in Fig. 2h) and provide an uncertainty; ideally test the imaging relation with an independently determined t_f.
  4. [Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5] The main population evolution plots (Fig. 2c-d, 2h, 2k; Fig. 3b-d; Fig. 4c-e; Fig. 5b-c) are shown without error bars, and the 'excellent agreement' between experiment and simulation is not quantified (no R^2, chi^2, or residual analysis). Given the known decay and readout issues in Supplementary Sec. V.C, a visual comparison alone is insufficient for the quantitative claims, especially the 17% preparation probability and the imaging similarities. At minimum, the authors should report uncertainties and a goodness-of-fit metric for the representative traces.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Supplementary Sec. VII] The claimed 19.7 dB sensing gain is based on the uncorrected Gaussian fit sigma=1.26+/-0.12 from Fig. S10. Since the readout response could broaden or shift the distribution, this gain estimate should be derived from a corrected distribution or accompanied by a caveat.
  2. [Fig. 4e] The 'Fit.' line in Fig. 4e is a linear fit to the simulated fringe spacings, not an independent analytic prediction. This should be made explicit in the caption.
  3. [Fig. 1e] The insets showing photon-number-splitting spectra would be easier to read if the corresponding mean photon numbers were labeled on each panel.
  4. [Title and Abstract] The word 'scalable' is used broadly; the experimental protocol still relies on GRAPE-optimized pulses for the slingshot preparation (Supplementary Sec. III) and frequency-selective readout. A brief clarification of what scalability means here, or a pointer to Ref. [42], would avoid overstatement.

Circularity Check

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Newton-prism dispersion 'confirmation' reuses the same data used to calibrate K6; scalability to thousands of photons leans on a same-group arXiv preprint.

  1. fitted input called prediction [Main text, 'Newton's prism experiment in Fock space' (Fig. 3d); Supplementary Sec. I and Sec. VI.C (Eqs. 44-45, Fig. S9)]
    "The linear relationship between the detuning and the focal position, predicted by the principles of optics, is confirmed through systematic measurements, as summarized in Fig. 3d. ... K6 is calibrated using a Fock-space Newton's prism experiment, as detailed in Sec. VI C. ... Therefore we can fit the data from the Fock-space Newton's prism experiment ... The slope of the fit is 2.33 ± 0.04 kHz, corresponding to the effective self-Kerr near n0 = 150."

    Fig. 3d is presented as an independent confirmation of the predicted dispersion relation n≈n̄+Δ/K4. But the parameter K6 that sets the slope of this relation (Eqs. 44-45) is extracted by fitting exactly those same focal-position-vs-detuning data (Table S1, Sec. VI.C). The slope 2.33 kHz obtained from that fit is then reported as the 'confirmed' linear relation; the agreement is imposed by the calibration rather than by a fresh prediction.

  2. self citation load bearing [Discussion; Ref. [42]]
    "This approach establishes a scalable framework for efficient state engineering, reaching an unprecedented regime of thousands or even more photon numbers [42]. [Ref. 42: M. Li, W. Cai, Z. Hua, Y. Xu, Y. Zhou, Z.-J. Chen, X.-B. Zou, G.-C. Guo, L. Sun, and C.-L. Zou, 'Scalable generation of macroscopic Fock states exceeding 10,000 photons,' arXiv:2601.05118 (2026).]"

    The only support cited for the headline capability of 'thousands or even more photon numbers' is Ref. [42], an arXiv preprint by the same group (present or co-authors include M. Li, W. Cai, Z. Hua, Y. Xu, Y. Zhou, C.-L. Zou, L. Sun). The present experiment reaches 180 photons, so the scalability conclusion is resting on a same-group, not externally verified citation rather than on an independent, machine-checked, or parameter-free result.

full rationale

The central theoretical derivation is self-contained: Eq. (2) follows directly from the Schrödinger equation for a weakly driven bosonic mode under the stated large-n approximation, and Eq. (25) is obtained by the stated continuous/diffusion approximation. There is no self-definitional circularity in the duality claim itself. The main circularity is in one experimental validation: the Newton-prism dispersion relation in Fig. 3d is presented as a confirmed prediction, but K6—the parameter governing the slope of that relation—was calibrated from the same focal-position data (Supplementary Sec. VI.C). Thus that particular 'confirmation' is partly a re-description of the fit. A second, milder issue is the scalability claim to thousands of photons, supported only by Ref. [42], a same-group arXiv preprint; this is load-bearing for the abstract's scalability promise but does not affect the derivation of the Fock-space-optics mapping. The readout-fidelity and T1 issues flagged in Supplementary Sec. V.C are experimental-validity concerns, not circularity, and the paper honestly acknowledges them; they lower confidence in the experimental numbers but do not make the derivation circular. Overall, the core derivation has independent content, but the Newton-prism validation reduces partly by construction and the scalability statement leans on a self-citation, giving a partial-circularity score of 5.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The core derivation is parameter-free apart from the drive amplitude; the experimental demonstrations rely on calibrated device parameters (K4, χ, etc.), which are reasonable system inputs. However, K6 and t_f are calibrated from the same experiments used as validations, which is why the circularity burden is moderate.

free parameters (5)
  • Weak pump amplitude ε_p = ε_p/2π = 0.88 MHz
    Sets the diffusion coefficient √n̄ ε_p and all propagation/interference rates; calibration method not stated in main text.
  • Self-Kerr coefficient K4 = K4/2π = 2.18 kHz
    Calibrated via Ramsey at small photon numbers; central to the Kerr lens phase and focal position.
  • Sixth-order Kerr K6 = K6/2π = 1.00 ± 0.87 Hz
    Extracted from the same Newton-prism focal positions used for validation (Supplementary Sec. VI.C); used in simulations and phase corrections.
  • Lens detuning Δ_L = Δ_L/2π = 0.33 MHz
    Hand-chosen to center the quadratic Kerr phase at n=150 (Fig. 2e); a control parameter.
  • Focal duration t_f = 144 ns
    Described as 'calibrated in Fig. 2h' and then inserted into the imaging condition Eq. (5); not independently predicted.
assumptions (4)
  • standard math Schrödinger equation governs the closed-system evolution of the cavity-qubit system.
    Used throughout, e.g., Eq. (13); uncontroversial quantum mechanics.
  • domain assumption √(n+1)≈√n and √n≈√n̄, and Δ²c_n≈∂²/∂n² for smooth broad envelopes with narrow k-distribution.
    Supplementary Sec. II.B, Eqs. (14)-(25); the central mapping from discrete Fock dynamics to the paraxial wave equation is valid only for states with n≫1 and slowly varying c_n.
  • domain assumption Weak-pump limit: terms of order |ε_p t|² are negligible.
    Main text after Fig. 2d uses this to derive the prism center shift and neglect second-order displacement effects.
  • domain assumption Hamiltonian Eq. (3) truncated at K4, K6, χ, Ke accurately describes the device up to n=180.
    Eq. (3) and Table S1; higher-order terms are neglected, justified only by the quadratic fit of qubit frequency versus n.

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The manipulation of distinct degrees of freedom of photons plays a critical role in both classical and quantum information processing. While the principles of wave optics provide elegant and scalable control over classical light in spatial and temporal domains, engineering quantum states in Fock space has been largely restricted to few-photon regimes, hindered by the computational and experimental challenges of large Hilbert spaces. Here, we introduce ``Fock-space optics", establishing a conceptual framework of wave propagation in the quantum domain by treating photon number as a synthetic dimension. Using a superconducting microwave resonator, we experimentally demonstrate Fock-space analogues of optical propagation, refraction, lensing, dispersion, and interference with up to 180 photons. These results establish a fundamental correspondence between Schr\"{o}dinger evolution in a single bosonic mode and classical paraxial wave propagation. By mapping intuitive optical concepts onto high-dimensional quantum state engineering, our work opens a path toward scalable control of large-scale quantum systems with thousands of photons and advanced bosonic information processing.

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Figure 4. Figure 4: b presents the distribution of the state |ψDG⟩ with peaks at n1 = 130 and n2 = 170 (separation d = 40), prepared via the phase-space slingshot approach (see Sec. III of the Supplementary Materials). When applying the weak pump immediately after state preparation, each …
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