Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B

A scheme for the generation of multi-mode Schrödinger cat states

Shi-Biao Zheng

Published Oct 1, 1998• 29 citations

Abstract

A scheme is proposed for the generation of superpositions of multi-mode coherent states, i.e. multi-mode Schrödinger cat states. In the scheme a -type three-level atom is sent through many cavities filled with coherent fields. The whole system is entangled via the Raman atom-field interaction. Then the detection of the atom leaves the cavity system in a multi-mode cat state. Under certain conditions, such a cat state is identical to a Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state and thus can be used to test local realistic theories.

DOI: 10.1088/1355-5111/10/5/007

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