Quantum-optical catalysis: generating "Schroedinger kittens" by means of linear optics

Details Quantum-optical catalysis: generating "Schroedinger kittens" by means of linear optics Quantum-optical catalysis: generating "Schroedinger kittens" by means of linear optics

2002-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0202164v2

PRL 88, 250401 (2002)

Physics

Quantum Physics

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.250401

We report preparation and characterization of coherent superposition states t |0> + alpha |1> of electromagnetic field by conditional measurements on a beamsplitter. The state is generated in one of the beam splitter output channels if a coherent state and a single-photon Fock state |1> are present in the two input ports and a single photon is registered in the other beam splitter output. The single photon thus plays a role of a "catalyst": it is explicitly present in both the input and the output channels of the interaction yet facilitates generation of a nonclassical state of light.

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