Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states
We develop a technique for generating multiphoton nonclassical states via interference between coherent and Fock states using quantum catalysis. By modulating the coherent field strength, the number of catalyst photons, and the ratio of the beam splitter upon which they interfere, a wide range of no...
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| author | Bartley, T Donati, G Spring, J Jin, X Barbieri, M Datta, A Smith, B Walmsley, I |
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| description | We develop a technique for generating multiphoton nonclassical states via interference between coherent and Fock states using quantum catalysis. By modulating the coherent field strength, the number of catalyst photons, and the ratio of the beam splitter upon which they interfere, a wide range of nonclassical phenomena can be created, including squeezing of up to 1.25 dB, antibunched and superbunched photon statistics, and states exhibiting over 90% fidelity to displaced coherent superposition states. We perform quantum catalysis experimentally, showing tunability into the nonclassical regime. Our protocol is not limited by weak nonlinearities that underlie most known strategies of preparing multiphoton nonclassical states. Successive iterations of this protocol can lead to direct control over the weights of higher-order terms in the Fock basis, paving the way towards conditional preparation of "designer" multiphoton states for applications in quantum computation, communication, and metrology. © 2012 American Physical Society. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:faabdb2d-4f57-4667-9e67-4a66b82f421b2022-03-27T13:07:43ZMultiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent statesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:faabdb2d-4f57-4667-9e67-4a66b82f421bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Bartley, TDonati, GSpring, JJin, XBarbieri, MDatta, ASmith, BWalmsley, IWe develop a technique for generating multiphoton nonclassical states via interference between coherent and Fock states using quantum catalysis. By modulating the coherent field strength, the number of catalyst photons, and the ratio of the beam splitter upon which they interfere, a wide range of nonclassical phenomena can be created, including squeezing of up to 1.25 dB, antibunched and superbunched photon statistics, and states exhibiting over 90% fidelity to displaced coherent superposition states. We perform quantum catalysis experimentally, showing tunability into the nonclassical regime. Our protocol is not limited by weak nonlinearities that underlie most known strategies of preparing multiphoton nonclassical states. Successive iterations of this protocol can lead to direct control over the weights of higher-order terms in the Fock basis, paving the way towards conditional preparation of "designer" multiphoton states for applications in quantum computation, communication, and metrology. © 2012 American Physical Society. |
| spellingShingle | Bartley, T Donati, G Spring, J Jin, X Barbieri, M Datta, A Smith, B Walmsley, I Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
| title | Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
| title_full | Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
| title_fullStr | Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
| title_short | Multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
| title_sort | multiphoton state engineering by heralded interference between single photons and coherent states |
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