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arXiv:quant-ph/0009096 · Physical Review A

Engineering cavity-field states by projection synthesis

Roberto M. Serra, N. G. de Almeida, Celso J. Villas-Bôas, M. H. Y. Moussa

Published Sep 13, 2000• 23 citations
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Abstract

We propose a reliable scheme for engineering a general cavity-field state. This is different from recently presented strategies, where the cavity is supposed to be initially empty and the field is built up photon by photon through resonant atom-field interactions. Here, a coherent state is previously injected into the cavity. So, the Wigner distribution function of the desired state is constructed from that of the initially coherent state. Such an engineering process is achieved through an adaptation of the recently proposed technique of projection synthesis to cavity QED phenomena.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.62.043810

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