Conditional generation of an arbitrary superposition of coherent states

Journal Article · Fri Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.064302· OSTI ID:21000554

Takeoka, Masahiro; Sasaki, Masahide ^[1]

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1. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 1-9-9 Yaesu, Chuoh-ku, Tokyo 103-0028 (Japan)

We present a scheme to conditionally generate an arbitrary superposition of a pair of coherent states from a squeezed vacuum by means of the modified photon subtraction where a coherent state ancilla and two on/off type detectors are used. We show that, even including realistic imperfections of the detectors, our scheme can generate a target state with a high fidelity. The amplitude of the generated states can be amplified by conditional homodyne detections.

• OSTI ID: 21000554
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 75; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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