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ArticleLight, science & applications2025

Ultrafast pump-probe phase-randomized tomography.

Filippo Glerean, Enrico Maria Rigoni, Giacomo Jarc, Shahla Yasmin Mathengattil, Angela Montanaro, Francesca Giusti, Matteo Mitrano, Fabio Benatti, Daniele Fausti

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Filippo GlereanDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2499-6386
Enrico Maria RigoniDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Giacomo JarcDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Shahla Yasmin MathengattilDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Angela MontanaroDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Francesca GiustiDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Matteo MitranoDepartment of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-0391
Fabio BenattiDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Daniele FaustiDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy. daniele.fausti@fau.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2142-9741

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EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 677488
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Abstract

Measuring fluctuations in matter's low-energy excitations is the key to unveiling the nature of the non-equilibrium response of materials. A promising outlook in this respect is offered by spectroscopic methods that address matter fluctuations by exploiting the statistical nature of light-matter interactions with weak few-photon probes. Here we report the first implementation of ultrafast phase randomized tomography, combining pump-probe experiments with quantum optical state tomography, to measure the ultrafast non-equilibrium dynamics in complex materials. Our approach utilizes a time-resolved multimode heterodyne detection scheme with phase-randomized coherent ultrashort laser pulses, overcoming the limitations of phase-stable configurations and enabling a robust reconstruction of the statistical distribution of phase-averaged optical observables. This methodology is validated by measuring the coherent phonon response in α-quartz. By tracking the dynamics of the shot-noise limited photon number distribution of few-photon probes with ultrafast resolution, our results set an upper limit to the non-classical features of phononic state in α-quartz and provide a pathway to access non-equilibrium quantum fluctuations in more complex quantum materials.

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