Removal of a single photon by adaptive absorption -: art. no. 043814

被引:17
作者
Calsamiglia, J
Barnett, SM
Lütkenhaus, N
Suominen, KA
机构
[1] Helsinki Inst Phys, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
[2] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Phys & Appl Phys, Glasgow G4 0NG, Lanark, Scotland
[3] MagiQ Technol Inc, New York, NY 10001 USA
[4] Univ Turku, Dept Appl Phys, FIN-20014 Turun, Finland
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2001年 / 64卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.64.043814
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present a method to remove, using only linear optics, exactly one photon from a field mode. This is achieved by putting the system in contact with an absorbing environment, which is under continuous monitoring. A feedback mechanism then decouples the system from the environment as soon as the first photon is absorbed. We propose a possible scheme to implement this process and provide the theoretical tools to describe it.
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页码:438141 / 438146
页数:6
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