Construction of quantum states of the radiation field by discrete coherent-state superpositions

被引:96
作者
Szabo, S
Adam, P
Janszky, J
Domokos, P
机构
[1] Research Laboratory for Crystal Physics, Budapest, H-1502
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 53卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.53.2698
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An efficient method of quantum state engineering based on discrete superpositions of coherent states is presented. A systematic method is developed for obtaining optimized superpositions from the one-dimensional representation of the desired state. It is shown that superposition of even a small number of coherent states put along a straight line or on a circle in phase space can approximate nonclassical field states with a high degree of accuracy. An experimental scheme is proposed for generating equidistant coherent-state superpositions on a circle with arbitrary coefficients.
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页码:2698 / 2710
页数:13
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