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16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology

Coherent states on a circle and quantum interference

P. Domokos

Published Jul 26, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

As a generalization of the optical Schroedinger cats discrete sets of coherent states are considered on a circle in the a- plane. It is shown that simple superpositions of Schroedinger cats exhibit amplitude squeezing . The interference fringes between the coherent states form the annuli of the Fock states in Wigner function picture.
DOI
10.1117/12.2308460

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