Publications – Michał Parniak
2026
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S. Kurzyna, B. Niewelt, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, R. Demkowicz-Dobrzański, and M. Parniak, Microwave-field quantum metrology with inherent robustness against detection losses enabled by Rydberg interactions, Nat. Commun. 17, 9013 (2026). doi:10.1038/s41467-026-76016-2
Funding
The project “Quantum Optical Technologies” (FENG.02.01-IP.05-0017/23) is carried out within the MAB FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).
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G. Ko, W. Krokosz, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Background-free calibrated electric-field imaging with Rydberg-state fluorescence and Autler-Townes splitting, Opt. Express 34, 25823 (2026). doi:10.1364/oe.601412
Funding
The project “Quantum Optical Technologies” (FENG.02.01-IP.05-0017/23) is carried out within the MAB FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).
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S. Kurzyna, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Hybrid quantum memory leveraging slow light and gradient echo duality, Phys. Rev. A 113, 063720 (2026). doi:10.1103/8wzh-jk9z
Funding
The project “Quantum Optical Technologies” (FENG.02.01-IP.05-0017/23) is carried out within the MAB FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).
2025
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W. Krokosz, J. Nowosielski, B. Kasza, S. Borówka, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Electric-field metrology of a terahertz frequency comb using Rydberg atoms, Optica 12, 1854 (2025). doi:10.1364/optica.578051
Funding
The project “Quantum Optical Technologies” (FENG.02.01-IP.05-0017/23) is carried out within the MAB FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).
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S. Borówka, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry, Nat. Commun. 16, 8975 (2025). doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63951-9
Funding
The project “Quantum Optical Technologies” (FENG.02.01-IP.05-0017/23) is carried out within the MAB FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).
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J. Nowosielski, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Superheterodyne Rydberg S-band receiver with a multi-tone local oscillator based on an atomic transition loop, Appl. Opt. 64, 5813 (2025). doi:10.1364/ao.557585
Funding
The project “Quantum Optical Technologies” (FENG.02.01-IP.05-0017/23) is carried out within the MAB FENG programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed by the European Union under the European Funds for Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG).
- B. Kasza, S. Borówka, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Atomic-optical interferometry in fractured loops: A general solution for Rydberg radio-frequency receivers, Phys. Rev. A 111, 053718 (2025). doi:10.1103/physreva.111.053718
2024
- I. Galinskiy, G. Enzian, M. Parniak, and E. S. Polzik, Nonclassical Correlations between Photons and Phonons of Center-of-Mass Motion of a Mechanical Oscillator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 173605 (2024). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.133.173605
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M. Lipka and M. Parniak, Super-resolution of ultrafast pulses via spectral inversion, Optica 11, 1226 (2024). doi:10.1364/optica.522555
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

- S. Borówka, W. Krokosz, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Rydberg-atom-based system for benchmarking millimeter-wave automotive radar chips, Phys. Rev. Appl. 22, 034067 (2024). doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.22.034067
- J. Nowosielski, M. Jastrzębski, P. Halavach, K. Łukanowski, M. Jarzyna, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Warm Rydberg atom-based quadrature amplitude-modulated receiver, Opt. Express 32, 30027 (2024). doi:10.1364/oe.529977
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S. Kurzyna, B. Niewelt, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Long-lived collective Rydberg excitations in atomic gas achieved via ac-Stark lattice modulation, Quantum 8, 1431 (2024). doi:10.22331/q-2024-08-02-1431
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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M. Lipka and M. Parniak, Ultrafast electro-optic time-frequency fractional Fourier imaging at the single-photon level, Opt. Express 32, 9573 (2024). doi:10.1364/oe.507911
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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W. Krokosz, M. Mazelanik, M. Lipka, M. Jarzyna, W. Wasilewski, K. Banaszek, and M. Parniak, Beating the spectroscopic Rayleigh limit via post-processed heterodyne detection, Opt. Lett. 49, 1001 (2024). doi:10.1364/ol.514659
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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S. Borówka, U. Pylypenko, M. Mazelanik, and M. Parniak, Continuous wideband microwave-to-optical converter based on room-temperature Rydberg atoms, Nat. Photonics 18, 32 (2024). doi:10.1038/s41566-023-01295-w
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

- M. Jastrzębski, S. Kurzyna, B. Niewelt, M. Mazelanik, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Spectrum-to-position mapping via programmable spatial dispersion implemented in an optical quantum memory, Phys. Rev. A 109, 012418 (2024). doi:10.1103/physreva.109.012418
2023
- M. Han, H. Hao, X. Song, Z. Yin, M. Parniak, Z. Jia, and Y. Peng, Microwave electrometry with bichromatic electromagnetically induced transparency in Rydberg atoms, EPJ Quantum Technol. 10, 28 (2023). doi:10.1140/epjqt/s40507-023-00184-z
- Y. He, M. Han, Q. Li, Z. Jia, B. Chen, L. Wang, M. Parniak, and Y. Peng, Enhanced coherent microwave-to-optics conversion based on second-order nonlinearity, Opt. Commun. 545, 129639 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2023.129639
- Z. Yin, Q. Li, X. Song, Z. Jia, M. Parniak, X. Lu, and Y. Peng, Microwave Electrometry with Multi-Photon Coherence in Rydberg Atoms, Sensors 23, 7269 (2023). doi:10.3390/s23167269
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M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, T. Szawełło, and M. Parniak, Coherent optical two-photon resonance tomographic imaging in three dimensions, Commun. Phys. 6, 165 (2023). doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01284-z
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

- B. Niewelt, M. Jastrzębski, S. Kurzyna, J. Nowosielski, W. Wasilewski, M. Mazelanik, and M. Parniak, Experimental Implementation of the Optical Fractional Fourier Transform in the Time-Frequency Domain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 240801 (2023). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.130.240801
2022
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S. Borówka, U. Pylypenko, M. Mazelanik, and M. Parniak, Sensitivity of a Rydberg-atom receiver to frequency and amplitude modulation of microwaves, Appl. Opt. 61, 8806 (2022). doi:10.1364/ao.472295
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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S. Kurzyna, M. Jastrzębski, N. Fabre, W. Wasilewski, M. Lipka, and M. Parniak, Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization, Opt. Express 30, 39826 (2022). doi:10.1364/oe.471108
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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F. Albarelli, M. Mazelanik, M. Lipka, A. Streltsov, M. Parniak, and R. Demkowicz-Dobrzański, Quantum Asymmetry and Noisy Multimode Interferometry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 240504 (2022). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.128.240504
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, and M. Parniak, Optical-domain spectral super-resolution via a quantum-memory-based time-frequency processor, Nat. Commun. 13, 691 (2022). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28066-5
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

2021
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M. Lipka and M. Parniak, Single-Photon Hologram of a Zero-Area Pulse, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 163601 (2021). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.127.163601
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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M. Lipka and M. Parniak, Fast imaging of multimode transverse–spectral correlations for twin photons, Opt. Lett. 46, 3009 (2021). doi:10.1364/ol.417658
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

- R. A. Thomas, C. Østfeldt, C. Bærentsen, M. Parniak, and E. S. Polzik, Calibration of spin-light coupling by coherently induced Faraday rotation, Opt. Express 29, 23637 (2021). doi:10.1364/oe.425613
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M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Real-time ghost imaging of Bell-nonlocal entanglement between a photon and a quantum memory, Quantum 5, 493 (2021). doi:10.22331/q-2021-07-01-493
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

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M. Lipka, M. Mazelanik, and M. Parniak, Entanglement distribution with wavevector-multiplexed quantum memory, New J. Phys. 23, 053012 (2021). doi:10.1088/1367-2630/abf79a
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

- M. Parniak, I. Galinskiy, T. Zwettler, and E. S. Polzik, High-frequency broadband laser phase noise cancellation using a delay line, Opt. Express 29, 6935 (2021). doi:10.1364/oe.415942
- M. Lipka, M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Massively-multiplexed generation of Bell-type entanglement using a quantum memory, Commun. Phys. 4, 46 (2021). doi:10.1038/s42005-021-00551-1
- R. A. Thomas, M. Parniak, C. Østfeldt, C. B. Møller, C. Bærentsen, Y. Tsaturyan, A. Schliesser, J. Appel, E. Zeuthen, and E. S. Polzik, Entanglement between distant macroscopic mechanical and spin systems, Nat. Phys. 17, 228 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41567-020-1031-5
2020
- I. Galinskiy, Y. Tsaturyan, M. Parniak, and E. S. Polzik, Phonon counting thermometry of an ultracoherent membrane resonator near its motional ground state, Optica 7, 718 (2020). doi:10.1364/optica.390939
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M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, M. Parniak, and W. Wasilewski, Temporal imaging for ultra-narrowband few-photon states of light, Optica 7, 203 (2020). doi:10.1364/optica.382891
Funding
The “Quantum Optical Technologies” (MAB/2018/4) project is carried out within the International Research Agendas programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.

- M. P. Parniak, M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczynski, M. Lipka, M. Dabrowski, and W. Wasilewski, Quantum-memory-based spin-wave processor for light, in Advanced Optical Techniques for Quantum Information, Sensing, and Metrology, edited by Z. U. Hasan, P. R. Hemmer, and A. L. Migdall (SPIE, 2020), p. 15. doi:10.1117/12.2545705
- Y. L. Len, C. Datta, M. Parniak, and K. Banaszek, Resolution limits of spatial mode demultiplexing with noisy detection, Int. J. Quantum Inform. 18, 1941015 (2020). doi:10.1142/s0219749919410156
2019
- M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, W. Wasilewski, and M. Parniak, Superradiant parametric conversion of spin waves, Phys. Rev. A 100, 053850 (2019). doi:10.1103/physreva.100.053850
- M. Lipka, A. Leszczyński, M. Mazelanik, M. Parniak, and W. Wasilewski, Spatial Spin-Wave Modulator for Quantum-Memory-Assisted Adaptive Measurements, Phys. Rev. Appl. 11, 034049 (2019). doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.11.034049
- M. Parniak, M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, M. Dąbrowski, and W. Wasilewski, Quantum Optics of Spin Waves through ac Stark Modulation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 063604 (2019). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.122.063604
- M. Mazelanik, M. Parniak, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, and W. Wasilewski, Coherent spin-wave processor of stored optical pulses, npj Quantum Inf. 5, 22 (2019). doi:10.1038/s41534-019-0136-0
2018
- M. Parniak, S. Borówka, K. Boroszko, W. Wasilewski, K. Banaszek, and R. Demkowicz-Dobrzański, Beating the Rayleigh Limit Using Two-Photon Interference, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 250503 (2018). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.121.250503
- M. Dąbrowski, M. Mazelanik, M. Parniak, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, and W. Wasilewski, Certification of high-dimensional entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering with cold atomic quantum memory, Phys. Rev. A 98, 042126 (2018). doi:10.1103/physreva.98.042126
- M. Lipka, M. Parniak, and W. Wasilewski, Microchannel plate cross-talk mitigation for spatial autocorrelation measurements, Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 211105 (2018). doi:10.1063/1.5033559
- A. Leszczyński, M. Mazelanik, M. Lipka, M. Parniak, M. Dąbrowski, and W. Wasilewski, Spatially resolved control of fictitious magnetic fields in a cold atomic ensemble, Opt. Lett. 43, 1147 (2018). doi:10.1364/ol.43.001147
2017
- M. Parniak, M. Dąbrowski, M. Mazelanik, A. Leszczyński, M. Lipka, and W. Wasilewski, Wavevector multiplexed atomic quantum memory via spatially-resolved single-photon detection, Nat. Commun. 8, 2140 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02366-7
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M. Lipka, M. Parniak, and W. Wasilewski, Optical frequency locked loop for long-term stabilization of broad-line DFB laser frequency difference, Appl. Phys. B 123, 238 (2017). doi:10.1007/s00340-017-6808-6
Funding
Diamentowy Grant grant DI2013 011943 was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
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M. Dąbrowski, M. Parniak, and W. Wasilewski, Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox in a hybrid bipartite system, Optica 4, 272 (2017). doi:10.1364/optica.4.000272
Funding
Diamentowy Grant grant DI2013 011943 was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
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A. Leszczyński, M. Parniak, and W. Wasilewski, Phase matching alters spatial multiphoton processes in dense atomic ensembles, Opt. Express 25, 284 (2017). doi:10.1364/oe.25.000284
Funding
Diamentowy Grant grant DI2013 011943 was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
2016
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M. Parniak, D. Pęcak, and W. Wasilewski, Multimode Raman light-atom interface in warm atomic ensemble as multiple three-mode quantum operations, Journal of Modern Optics 63, 2039 (2016). doi:10.1080/09500340.2015.1125538
Funding
Diamentowy Grant grant DI2013 011943 was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
- M. Parniak, A. Leszczyński, and W. Wasilewski, Coupling of four-wave mixing and Raman scattering by ground-state atomic coherence, Phys. Rev. A 93, 053821 (2016). doi:10.1103/physreva.93.053821
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M. Parniak, A. Leszczyński, and W. Wasilewski, Magneto-optical polarization rotation in a ladder-type atomic system for tunable offset locking, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 161103 (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4947104
Funding
Diamentowy Grant grant DI2013 011943 was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
2015
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M. Parniak and W. Wasilewski, Interference and nonlinear properties of four-wave-mixing resonances in thermal vapor: Analytical results and experimental verification, Phys. Rev. A 91, 023418 (2015). doi:10.1103/physreva.91.023418
Funding
Diamentowy Grant grant DI2013 011943 was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
2014
- M. Dąbrowski, M. Parniak, D. Pęcak, R. Chrapkiewicz, and W. Wasilewski, Spontaneuos and Parametric Processes in Warm Rubidium Vapours, Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 51, 21 (2014). doi:10.2478/lpts-2014-0028
- M. Parniak and W. Wasilewski, Direct observation of atomic diffusion in warm rubidium ensembles, Appl. Phys. B 116, 415 (2014). doi:10.1007/s00340-013-5712-y