Generation of picosecond pulsed coherent state superpositions

被引:15
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作者
Dong, Ruifang [1 ,2 ]
Tipsmark, Anders [1 ]
Laghaout, Amine [1 ]
Krivitsky, Leonid A. [1 ,3 ]
Jezek, Miroslav [1 ,4 ]
Andersen, Ulrik Lund [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Denmark, Dept Phys, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Quantum Frequency Stand Div, NTSC, Lintong 710600, Peoples R China
[3] ASTAR, Data Storage Inst, Singapore 117608, Singapore
[4] Palacky Univ, Dept Opt, Olomouc 77146, Czech Republic
关键词
SQUEEZED STATES; QUANTUM; DISTILLATION; DETECTOR; LIMITS; NOISE;
D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.31.001192
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present the generation of approximated coherent state superpositions-referred to as Schrodinger cat states-by the process of subtracting single photons from picosecond pulsed squeezed states of light. The squeezed vacuum states are produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in a periodically poled KTiOPO4 crystal while the single photons are probabilistically subtracted using a beamsplitter and a single photon detector. The resulting states are fully characterized with time-resolved homodyne quantum state tomography. Varying the pump power of the SPDC, we generated different states which exhibit non-Gaussian behavior. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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页码:1192 / 1201
页数:10
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