Conditional Schrodinger cats generation and detection by quantum non-demolition measurements

被引:12
作者
Vitali, D [1 ]
Tombesi, P [1 ]
Grangier, P [1 ]
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[1] INST OPT THEOR & APPLIQUEE,F-91403 ORSAY,FRANCE
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1997年 / 64卷 / 02期
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10.1007/s003400050171
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We show that a Schrodinger cat state can be generated using a crossed Kerr interaction between two optical modes and an appropriate conditional measurement on one of the modes. The effect of damping on the generation process is analyzed in detail and two possible detection schemes for the cat state are presented.
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页码:249 / 257
页数:9
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