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Preparation and properties of a non-classical state by quantum catalysis and two-mode squeezing

Min Xie, Weidong Zhou, Wei Ye, Yin-Quan Hu, Liyun Hu

Published Jul 5, 2018• 0 citations
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Abstract In this work, we propose a scheme for generating non-classical quantum catalyzed states, named Laguerre polynomial-weighted squeezed states, via inputting a single-mode squeezed vacuum state and an m -photon Fock state by quantum catalysis and two-mode squeezing. The non-classical properties of the generated catalyzed state are investigated using the degree of squeezing and Wigner function. It is found that these non-classical properties, including squeezing degree and the negativity of the Wigner function, can be improved and modulated by both squeezing parameters and the catalyzed photon number.

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10.1088/1555-6611/aac8bd

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Abstract We theoretically prepare a kind of two-mode entangled non-Gaussian state generated by combining quantum catalysis and parametric-down amplifier operated on the two-mode squeezing vacuum state. We then investigate the entanglement properties by examining Von Neumann entropy, EPR correlation, squeezing effect and the fidelity of teleportation. It is shown that only Von Neumann entropy can be enhanced by both single- and two-mode catalysis in a small squeezing region, while the other properties can be enhanced only by two-mode catalysis including symmetrical and asymmetrical cases. A comparison among these properties shows that the squeezing and the EPR correlation definitely lead to the improvement of both the entanglement and the fidelity, and the region of enhanced fidelity can be seen as a sub-region of the enhanced entanglement which indicates that the entanglement is not always beneficial for the fidelity. In addition, the effect of photon-loss after catalysis on the fidelity is considered and the symmetrical two-photon catalysis may present better behavior than the symmetrical single-photon case against the decoherence in a certain region.
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We theoretically introduce a new kind of non-Gaussian state-----Laguerre polynomial excited coherent states by using the multiphoton catalysis which actually can be considered as a block comprising photon number operator. It is found that the normalized factor is related to the two-variable Hermite polynomials. We then investigate the nonclassical properties in terms of Mandel's Q parameter, quadrature squeezing, second correlation, and the negativity of Wigner function (WF). It is shown that all these properties are related to the amplitude of coherent state, catalysis number and unbalanced beam splitter (BS). In particular, the maximum degree of squeezing can be enhanced as catalysis number and keeps a constant for single-photon catalysis. In addition, we examine the effect of decoherence by Wigner function, which show that the negative region, characteristic time of decoherence and structure of WF are affected by catalysis number and unbalanced BS. Our work provides a general analysis about how to prepare theoretically polynomials quantum states.
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