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Preparation of multicomponent motional coherent and squeezed coherent states of a trapped ion

Jiahua Li, Wen‐Xing Yang, Peng Ju-Cun

Published Sep 28, 2004• 1 citation
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Abstract

In this paper, we present a scheme for preparation of multicomponent motional coherent and squeezed coherent states of the quantized centre of mass of an ion trapped in a one-dimensional harmonic potential and driven by two travelling-wave laser beams tuned to the nth red and blue vibrational sidebands, respectively. In addition, our scheme also provides experimental possibility for quantum state engineering.

DOI
10.1088/1009-1963/13/10/022

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