Highly non-Gaussian states created via cross-Kerr nonlinearity
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | New Journal of Physics |
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| Citation | |
| web | http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/10/023041 |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | non-Gaussian states; Kerr nonlinearity; feedforward; |
| Description | We propose a feasible scheme for generation of strongly non-Gaussian states using the cross-Kerr nonlinearity. The resultant states are highly non-classical and exhibit negativity of their Wigner function, sub-Poissonian photon statistics and photon number squeezing. We show that creating and detecting such states should be possible with the present technology using electromagnetically induced transparency in a four-level atomic system. |
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