Reliable source of conditional states from single-mode pulsed thermal fields by multiple-photon subtraction

Journal Article · Thu Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.82.013816· OSTI ID:21443011

Allevi, A ^[1]; Andreoni, A ^[1]; Bondani, M ^[1]; Genoni, M G; Olivares, S ^[2]

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1. Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia U.d.R. Como, I-22100 Como (Italy)
2. Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia U.d.R. Milano Universita, I-20133 Milano (Italy)

We demonstrate the effect of multiple-photon subtraction on the generation of conditional states in the pulsed regime. Our experimental scheme relies on a beam splitter (BS) and a pair of linear photodetectors that are able to resolve up to tens of photons. We use a single-mode thermal field at the input port of the BS to test the reliability of our scheme, and we show good agreement with the theory by fully characterizing the conditional outgoing states in terms of photon-number statistics and non-Gaussianity.

• OSTI ID: 21443011
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 82, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013816; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BEAM SPLITTING
ENERGY LEVELS
MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES
PHOTODETECTORS
PHOTON BEAMS
PHOTONS
PULSES
QUANTUM STATES
RELIABILITY
STATISTICS
BEAMS
BOSONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICS