Entanglement-enabled decoherence-free transmission of two-color photons through a single mode fiber.

We demonstrate decoherence-tolerant transmission of a Bell state through a single-mode fiber (SMF) using the photon frequency degree of freedom. To this end, a slightly non-degenerate polarization-entangled singlet, |Ψ -⟩=(|HV⟩-|VH⟩)/2, is localized at the SMF as the depolarization channel subject to random noise due to incessant fiber bending. Two-photon beats and quantum state tomography jointly verify the absence of collective decoherence, showing that |Ψ -⟩ is the sought-after one-dimensional decoherence-free subspace (DFS) pertaining to SMF. Efficient splitting and combining of photon streams in our DFS help outperform the DFS in time domain. This motivates us to attempt DFS-enabled fault-tolerant fiber transmission of biphoton qubits. Two-photon BB84 protocol is implemented in a polarization-maintaining fiber to which dephasing noise is relevant so that a two-dimensional DFS is appropriate. A low bit error rate 5.4% is achieved by encoding one-qubit information onto the biphoton state in spite of significant polarization fluctuation. Our scalable frequency-based DFS has a natural affinity for wavelength division multiplexing in fiber communication by design and as such is extensible to multi-particle entanglement.

Renal cell carcinoma in the contralateral kidney with TFE3 gene translocation following chemotherapy for childhood nephroblastoma: A case report and literature review.

Key Clinical Message: Renal cell carcinoma as a secondary malignant neoplasm is relatively rare; however, the possibility of secondary renal cell carcinoma following chemoradiotherapy for childhood nephroblastoma should be considered. Abstract: The occurrence of secondary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following chemoradiotherapy for nephroblastoma is relatively rare, especially in microphthalmia transcription factor family translocation renal cell carcinoma. A 13-year-old Japanese male was referred to our department for treatment of a right kidney mass. The patient had undergone open left nephrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for nephroblastoma, 12 years before. Diagnostic imaging revealed a tumor in the right kidney and a lesion suspected to be metastasis in the left eighth rib. Chromophobe RCC or translocation RCC was suspected from the imaging pattern. TNM classification was cT1aN0M1, and the clinical stage was IV. Partial nephrectomy by robot-assisted surgery for the right renal tumor and resection of the left eighth rib were performed. Pathologically, the renal tumor was diagnosed as translocation RCC, and the rib lesion demonstrated no evidence of malignancy. We are currently undergoing imaging follow-up and the patient has been recurrence-free for 15 months. In this study, we present a rare case of secondary translocation RCC after successful treatment of nephroblastoma.

One-time readout temporal single-pixel imaging.

Ghost imaging (GI) allows retrieval of the images of an uninterrogated object nonlocally based on cross correlation of photons. Central to GI is the integration of sparse detection events, i.e., bucket detection, even in the time domain. Here we report temporal single-pixel imaging of a non-integrating class as a viable GI variant that obviates the need for constant vigil. Mere division of the otherwise distorted waveforms by the known impulse response function of the detector makes the corrected waveforms readily available. This tempts us to use slow and as such less costly commercially available optoelectronic devices like light-emitting diodes and solar cells for imaging purposes on a one-time readout basis.

Synthesis of Multisubstituted Azatriphenylenes by Iridium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Biaryl-Linked Diynes with Nitriles.

A convenient synthesis of multisubstituted azatriphenylenes is reported. [Ir(cod)Cl]2/diphosphine is an efficient catalyst for the [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of biaryl-linked diynes with nitriles to give multisubstituted azatriphenylenes in high yields. Aromatic, heteroaromatic, aliphatic, and functionalized nitriles could be used for the reaction.