Publications
Papers and preprints
From the first optomechanical microwave-to-optical interface proposal in 2012 to today’s kinetic-inductance and magnonic devices.
2024–2026
2026
- Nonreciprocity in quantum technologies
S. Barzanjeh, A. Xuereb, A. Alù, S. A. Mann, N. Nefedkin, V. Peano, P. Rabl · Nature Physics (2026) - Sub-vacuum jamming for secure communication preprint
S. Barzanjeh, A. Poostindouz, B. C. Sanders · arXiv:2608.06720 - Topological polarization beam splitter with polarization-selective edge states
S. Afzal, A. Kahloon, S. Barzanjeh · Communications Physics (2026) - Large-amplitude diamond optomechanics by traversing a nonlinear attractor preprint
P. Parsa, W. El-Sayed, P. Behjat, S. Barzanjeh, P. E. Barclay · arXiv:2603.19421 - Topological Floquet integrated photonics for entanglement generation
A. Kahloon, S. Barzanjeh · Proc. SPIE 13919, 1391902 (2026)
2025
- Hybridized-mode parametric amplifier in kinetic-inductance circuits preprint
D. Davoudi, A. Mohamed, S. Barzanjeh · arXiv:2512.03362 - Reservoir-engineered low-threshold quantum energy storage preprint
B. Ahmadi, A. H. A. Malavazi, P. Mazurek, P. Horodecki, S. Barzanjeh · arXiv:2511.20569 - Quantum optical techniques for biomedical imaging preprint
V. Salari et al., S. Barzanjeh · arXiv:2511.03935 - Harnessing environmental noise for quantum energy storage preprint
B. Ahmadi, A. B. Ravichandran, P. Mazurek, S. Barzanjeh, P. Horodecki · arXiv:2510.06384 - Phase-dependent quantum optical coherence tomography
M. Y. Li-Gomez, T. Hrushevskyi, K. McArthur et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Research 7, 043039 - Superoptimal charging of quantum batteries via reservoir engineering: arbitrary energy transfer unlocked
B. Ahmadi et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Applied 23, 024010
2024
- Enhanced quantum emission from a topological Floquet resonance
S. Afzal et al., S. Barzanjeh · PRX Quantum 5, 040331 - Path-entangled radiation from a kinetic inductance amplifier
A. Mohamed, S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 044055 - Selective single- and double-mode quantum-limited amplifier
A. Mohamed, E. Zohari, J. J. Pla, P. E. Barclay, S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Applied 21, 064052 - Nonreciprocal quantum batteries highlight
B. Ahmadi, P. Mazurek, P. Horodecki, S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 210402 - Optimal quantum control of charging quantum batteries
Rodríguez et al., S. Barzanjeh · New J. Phys. 26, 043004 - Nonreciprocity in cavity magnonics at millikelvin temperature
Kim et al., S. Barzanjeh · J. Appl. Phys. 135, 063904 - Emergent macroscopic bistability induced by a single superconducting qubit
R. Sett et al., S. Barzanjeh · PRX Quantum 5, 010327 - Advances in quantum radar and quantum LiDAR
R. Gallego Torromé, S. Barzanjeh · Prog. Quantum Electron. 93, 100497
2019–2023
2023
- Compact vacuum-gap transmon qubits: selective and sensitive probes for superconductor surface losses
M. Zemlicka et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Applied 20, 044054 - Quantum enhanced probing of multilayered samples
Y. Li-Gomez et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. Research 5, 023170 - Resonance-enhanced entangled photon pair generation using topological Floquet defect mode resonance
S. Afzal, T. J. Zimmerling, V. Van, S. Barzanjeh · CLEO 2023 - Catalysis in charging quantum batteries
Rodríguez et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. A 107, 042419 - High-contrast interaction-free quantum imaging method
S. Ahmadi et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. A 107, 032611 - Quantum face recognition protocol with ghost imaging
V. Salari et al., S. Barzanjeh · Sci. Rep. 13, 2401
2022
- Quantum machine learning for software supply chain attacks: how far can we go?
M. Masum et al., S. Barzanjeh · IEEE COMPSAC 2022 - Evolution of quantum computing: a systematic survey on the use of quantum computing tools
P. Upama et al., S. Barzanjeh · IEEE COMPSAC 2022 - Optomechanics for quantum technologies
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Nature Physics 18, 15–24
2020
- Converting microwave and telecom photons with a silicon photonic nanomechanical interface
G. Arnold et al., S. Barzanjeh · Nature Commun. 11, 4460 - Microwave quantum illumination with a digital phase-conjugated receiver
S. Barzanjeh et al. · IEEE RadarConf20 - Microwave quantum illumination using a digital receiver
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Science Advances 6, eabb0451 - Perspectives on quantum transduction
N. Lauk et al., S. Barzanjeh · Quantum Sci. Technol. 5, 020501
2019
- Electro-optic entanglement source for microwave to telecom quantum state transfer
A. Rueda et al., S. Barzanjeh · npj Quantum Information 5, 108 - Stationary entangled radiation from micromechanical motion
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Nature 570, 480
2014–2018
2018
- Routing thermal noise through quantum networks
A. Xuereb et al., S. Barzanjeh · Proc. SPIE 10672 - Electromagnetic fields and optomechanics in cancer diagnostics and treatment
V. Salari et al., S. Barzanjeh · Frontiers in Bioscience 23, 1391 - Manipulating the flow of thermal noise in quantum devices
S. Barzanjeh, M. Aquilina, A. Xuereb · Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 060601
2017
- Mechanical on-chip microwave circulator
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Nature Commun. 8, 953 - Optomechanical proposal for monitoring microtubule mechanical vibrations
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Phys. Rev. E 96, 012404
2016
- Tunable mechanical coupling between driven microelectromechanical resonators
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 143507 - Phonon Josephson junction with nanomechanical resonators
S. Barzanjeh, D. Vitali · Phys. Rev. A 93, 033846
2015
- Generating quantum discord between two distant Bose–Einstein condensates with Bell-like detection
Eghbali-Arani et al., S. Barzanjeh · JOSA B 32, 798 - Microwave quantum illumination
S. Barzanjeh, S. Guha, C. Weedbrook, D. Vitali, J. H. Shapiro, S. Pirandola · Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 080503 - Cooling of a nanomechanical resonator in presence of a single diatomic molecule
Eghbali-Arani et al., S. Barzanjeh · Annals of Physics 355, 130
2014
- Microwave photodetection with electro-opto-mechanical systems preprint
S. Barzanjeh, M. C. de Oliveira, S. Pirandola · arXiv:1410.4024 - Dispersive qubit measurement by interferometry with parametric amplifiers
S. Barzanjeh, D. P. DiVincenzo, B. M. Terhal · Phys. Rev. B 90, 134515 - Steady-state entanglement, cooling, and tristability in a nonlinear optomechanical cavity
Shahidani et al., S. Barzanjeh · JOSA B 31, 1087 - Stochastic master equation analysis of optimized three-qubit nondemolition parity measurement
Tornberg et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. A 89, 032314
2010–2013
2013
- Controllability of optical bistability, cooling and entanglement in hybrid cavity optomechanical systems
Dalafi et al., S. Barzanjeh · J. Phys. B 46, 235502 - Continuous-variable dense coding by optomechanical cavities
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Phys. Rev. A 88, 042331 - Quantum interface between optics and microwaves with optomechanics
S. Barzanjeh et al. · IQEC 2013 - Quantum dynamics of an optomechanical system in the presence of Kerr-down conversion nonlinearity preprint
S. Shahidani, M. H. Naderi, M. Soltanolkotabi, S. Barzanjeh · arXiv:1303.1143 - Optical single photons on-demand teleported from microwave cavities
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Phys. Scr. T153, 014004 - Nonlinear effects of atomic collisions on the optomechanical properties of a Bose–Einstein condensate in an optical cavity
Dalafi et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. A 87, 013417
2012
- Reversible optical-to-microwave quantum interface
S. Barzanjeh, M. Abdi, G. J. Milburn, P. Tombesi, D. Vitali · Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 130503
2011
- Steady-state entanglement and normal-mode splitting in an atom-assisted optomechanical system with intensity-dependent coupling
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Phys. Rev. A 84, 063850 - Entangling optical and microwave cavity modes by means of a nanomechanical resonator
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Phys. Rev. A 84, 042342 - Entanglement sudden death and sudden birth in semiconductor microcavities
Abdel-Khalek et al., S. Barzanjeh · Int. J. Theor. Phys. 50, 2939 - Effect of phase noise on the generation of stationary entanglement in cavity optomechanics
M. Abdi et al., S. Barzanjeh · Phys. Rev. A 84, 032325 - Back-action ground-state cooling of a micromechanical membrane via intensity-dependent interaction
S. Barzanjeh et al. · Phys. Rev. A 84, 023803 - Generation of motional nonlinear coherent states and their superposition via an intensity-dependent coupling
S. Barzanjeh et al. · J. Phys. B 44, 105504
2010
- Dynamical behaviours of the nonlinear atom–field interaction in the presence of classical gravity: f-deformation approach
S. Barzanjeh et al. · J. Phys. A 43, 375304 - Dynamical behavior of entanglement in semiconductor microcavities
S. Barzanjeh, H. Eleuch · Physica E 42, 2091
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