Generation of arbitrary quantum states of traveling fields

M. Dakna; J. Clausen; L. Knöll; D.-G. Welsch

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.59.1658

Generation of arbitrary quantum states of traveling fields

M. Dakna, J. Clausen, L. Knöll, and D.-G. Welsch

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1658 – Published 1 February 1999; Erratum Phys. Rev. A 60, 726 (1999)

Abstract

We show that any single-mode quantum state can be generated from the vacuum by alternate application of the coherent displacement operator and the creation operator. We propose an experimental implementation of the scheme for traveling optical fields, which is based on field mixings and conditional measurements in a beam-splitter array, and calculate the probability of state generation.

Received 31 July 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.1658

Erratum

Erratum: Generation of arbitrary quantum states of traveling fields [Phys. Rev. A 59, 1658 (1999)]

M. Dakna, J. Clausen, L. Knöll, and D.-G. Welsch

Phys. Rev. A 60, 726 (1999)

Authors & Affiliations

M. Dakna, J. Clausen, L. Knöll, and D.-G. Welsch

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany

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Vol. 59, Iss. 2 — February 1999

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