Effect of feedback on the decoherence of a Schrodinger-cat state: A quantum trajectory description

被引:53
作者
Goetsch, P
Tombesi, P
Vitali, D
机构
[1] UNIV CAMERINO, DIPARTIMENTO MATEMAT & FIS, I-62032 CAMERINO, ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS MAT, CAMERINO, ITALY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4519
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The linear stochastic Schrodinger equation of a cavity mode subject to a homodyne measurement and to a phase-sensitive feedback loop realized with part of the output homodyne photocurrent is derived. We show that quantum feedback has stabilizing effects which manifest themselves in a significant retardation of the decoherence of a Schrodinger-cat state.
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页码:4519 / 4527
页数:9
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