MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM SUPERPOSITION STATES IN NONDEGENERATE PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION

被引:54
作者
REID, MD
KRIPPNER, L
机构
[1] Physics Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 47卷 / 01期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.47.552
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Nondegenerate oscillation is studied in the limit of a fast-decaying pump mode. The study is facilitated by analytic solutions of the positive P representation. In the absence of all individual signal and idler losses, states of definite signal-idler photon-number difference are generated. Determination of this photon number enables preparation of a macroscopic superposition state.
引用
收藏
页码:552 / 555
页数:4
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]  
GARDINER CW, UNPUB
[2]   QUANTUM-FLUCTUATIONS OF OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR .2. [J].
GRAHAM, R .
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK, 1968, 210 (04) :319-+
[3]   PHOTON STATISTICS OF OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR INCLUDING THRESHOLD REGION - TRANSIENT AND STEADY STATE SOLUTION [J].
GRAHAM, R .
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK, 1968, 211 (05) :469-+
[4]   THEORY OF CROSS-CORRELATION OF SIGNAL AND IDLER IN PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS [J].
GRAHAM, R .
PHYSICS LETTERS A, 1970, A 32 (06) :373-+
[5]   OBSERVATION OF QUANTUM NOISE-REDUCTION ON TWIN LASER-BEAMS [J].
HEIDMANN, A ;
HOROWICZ, RJ ;
REYNAUD, S ;
GIACOBINO, E ;
FABRE, C ;
CAMY, G .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1987, 59 (22) :2555-2557
[6]   QUANTUM STATISTICS OF PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION [J].
MCNEIL, KJ ;
GARDINER, CW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1983, 28 (03) :1560-1566
[7]   OBSERVATION OF ZERO-POINT NOISE SQUEEZING VIA A JOSEPHSON-PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER [J].
MOVSHOVICH, R ;
YURKE, B ;
KAMINSKY, PG ;
SMITH, AD ;
SILVER, AH ;
SIMON, RW ;
SCHNEIDER, MV .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1990, 65 (12) :1419-1422
[8]   REALIZATION OF THE EINSTEIN-PODOLSKY-ROSEN PARADOX FOR CONTINUOUS-VARIABLES [J].
OU, ZY ;
PEREIRA, SF ;
KIMBLE, HJ ;
PENG, KC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1992, 68 (25) :3663-3666
[9]   CORRELATIONS IN NONDEGENERATE PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION - SQUEEZING IN THE PRESENCE OF PHASE DIFFUSION [J].
REID, MD ;
DRUMMOND, PD .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1989, 40 (08) :4493-4506
[10]   QUANTUM CORRELATIONS OF PHASE IN NONDEGENERATE PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION [J].
REID, MD ;
DRUMMOND, PD .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 60 (26) :2731-2733