Engineering of Two Quantum States via Conditional Measurement on Two-Mode Squeezed State

We propose a scheme for the simultaneously preparation radiation-field modes of a single photon and a superposition of zero- and one-photon states, based on the coherent quantum state displacement and photon subtraction from two-mode squeezed state. It is shown that the single-photon and the superposition states can be obtained by only choosing the suitable parameter of displacements. The experimental feasibility to accomplish this scheme is also discussed.     

Generation of quantum switch and nonlocal fields with an external field in a high quality dispersive cavity

We present a scheme to prepare an optical “quantum switch”, a superposition of “open” and “closed” states. The scheme is based on the interaction of an Λ-type three-level atom with a single-mode of quantized cavity field and an external classical driving field, in the regime where the atom and fields are highly detuned. We show how this interaction can be used to generate coherent states of the cavity field in contrast to the usual method used in microwave cavity QED of injecting a coherent state into a cavity. A combination of switches could be used to prepare a quantum superposition of coherent field states located simultaneously in two cavities. Compared with previous proposals, our scheme is simplified due to economizes the Ramsey zone and the time required for the state generation is short.     

双Λ型原子系统中制备相干叠加态的研究(英文)

本文讨论了在双Λ型原子系统中制备相干叠加态的方法:一个Λ型系统通过控制激光而另一个Λ型系统采用部分受激拉曼绝热通道的方法.在理论上分析了产生任意相干叠加态的可能性并且讨论了透热系统在产生相干叠加态过程中的重要性.研究表明,没有透热过程是不可能制备出任意的叠加态.应用数值方法验证理论分析是正确,并且指出任意叠加态的产生只与控制脉冲的时间延迟有关.     

Preparation of Highly Squeezed States and Multi—component Entangled Coherent States via the Raman Interaction

A method is presented for generating highly squeezed states of a cavity field via the atom-cavity field interaction of the Raman type.In the scheme a sequence of three-level Λ-type atoms interacts with a cavity field,displaced by a classical source,in a Raman manner.Then the atomic states are measured.By this way the cavity field may collapse onto a superposition of several coherent states,which exhibits strong squeezing.The scheme can also be used to prepare superpositions of many two-mode coherent states for two cavity fields.The coherent states in each mode are on a straight line.This is the first way for preparing multi-component entangled coherent states of this type in cavity QED.     

Enhancement of feasibility of macroscopic quantum superposition state with the quantum Rabi-Stark model

We propose an efficient scheme to generate a macroscopical quantum superposition state with a cavity optomechanical system, which is composed of a quantum Rabi-Stark model coupling to a mechanical oscillator. In a low-energy subspace of the Rabi-Stark model, the dressed states and then the effective Hamiltonian of the system are given. Due to the coupling of the mechanical oscillator and the atom-cavity system, if the initial state of the atom-cavity system is one of the dressed states, the mechanical oscillator will evolve into a corresponding coherent state. Thus, if the initial state of the atom-cavity system is a superposition of two dressed states, a coherent state superposition of the mechanical oscillator can be generated. The quantum coherence and their distinguishable properties of the two coherent states are exhibited by Wigner distribution. We show that the Stark term can enhance significantly the feasibility and quantum coherence of the generated macroscopic quantum superposition state of the oscillator.     

利用介观LC电路制备薛定谔猫态

提出了一种制备相干态的叠加态，即薛定谔猫态的方案. 该方案是基于将外加冲激信号作用于介观LC电路系统而设计的. 在该薛定谔猫态下，介观电路系统有非经典的量子压缩效应. 关键词： 介观LC电路 冲激信号 薛定谔猫态     

Preparing of coherent superposition state in serial multi-A-type system by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

A scheme for creating an arbitrary coherent superposition of two atomic states in serial multi-A-type system is proposed.This technique with the application of a control field is based on the existence of two degenerate dark states and their interaction.The mixing of the dark states can be controlled by changing the relative delay time of the control pulse.One can get any desired superposition by changing the delay time of the control pulse.     

Creating the multidimensional entangled coherent states of two cavity modes

We propose a scheme for creating the multidimensional entangled coherent states of two cavity modes in context of cavity quantum electrodynamics(QED). It is pointed out that under certain condition such superposition states can approximate pair coherent states and pair cat states with a high degree of accuracy.     

Exploration of magnetic field generation of H32+ by direc ionization and coherent resonant excitation

Coherent electronic dynamics are of great significance in photo-induced processes and molecular magnetism. We theoretically investigate electronic dynamics of triatomic molecule H₃²⁺ by circularly polarized pulses, including electron density distributions, induced electronic currents, and ultrafast magnetic field generation. By comparing the results of the coherent resonant excitation and direct ionization, we found that for the coherent resonant excitation, the electron is localized and the coherent electron wave packet moves periodically between three protons, which can be attributed to the coherent superposition of the ground A' state and excited E⁺ state. Whereas, for the direct single-photon ionization, the induced electronic currents mainly come from the free electron in the continuum state. It is found that there are differences in the intensity, phase, and frequency of the induced current and the generated magnetic field. The scheme allows one to control the induced electronic current and the ultrafast magnetic field generation.     

Teleportation of Unknown Superpositions of Collective Atomic Coherent States

We propose a scheme to teleport an unknown superposition of two atomic coherent states with different phases.Our scheme is based on resonant and dispersive atom-field interaction.Our scheme provides a possibility of teleporting macroscopic superposition states of many atoms first time.     

Amplitude-squared squeezing of superposition of coherent states

This paper discusses the amplitude-squared squeezing for the superposition of two coherent states with their phase differences being separately π/2, 3π/2, and π1, as well as for the superposition state of two pseudoclassical states. According to the analysis, it is found that the superposition state of two coherent states with their phase differences π/2 and 3π/2, and the superposition state of two pseudoclassical states both do exhibit the amplitude-squared squeezing. Also, some specific states are found to exhibit even stronger squeezing effects when relative phase of the superposition is equal to the average photon number. Amplitude-squared squeezing is dependent on the difference in phase between two coherent states.     

Generation of any superposition of coherent states along a straight line via resonant atom-cavity interaction

This paper proposes a scheme for generating arbitrary superpositions of several coherent states along a straight line for a cavity mode. In the scheme, several atoms are sent through a cavity initially in a strong coherent state. The superposition of several coherent states with desired coefficients may be generated if each atom is detected in the excited state after it exits the cavity. The scheme is based on resonant atom--cavity interaction and no classical field is required during and after the atom--cavity interaction. Thus, the scheme is very simple and the interaction time is very short, which is important in view of decoherence.     

Motional Quantum-State Engineering and Implementation of a Quantum Phase-Gate for Multiple Trapped Ions

We propose a scheme to generate a superposition of motional coherent states with arbitrary coefficients on a line in phase space and implement a quantum controlled phase-gate for multiple trapped ions with a single standing-wave laser pulse whose carrier frequency is tuned to the ions transition. In the scheme each ion does not need to be exactly positioned at the node of the standing wave, which is very important from viewpoint of experiment. Furthermore, our scheme may allow the generation of a superposition of coherent states with large mean phonon number for a large number of trapped ions in a fast way by choosing suitable laser intensity. We show that it can also be used to generate maximally entangled states of multiple trapped ions.     

A theoretical scheme for generation of nonlinear coherent states in a micromaser under intensity-dependent Jaynes-Cummings model

In this paper we propose a theoretical scheme to show the possibility of generating various families of nonlinear (f-deformed) coherent states of the radiation field in a micromaser. We show that these states can be provided in a lossless micromaser cavity under the weak Jaynes-Cummings interaction with intensity–dependent coupling of large number of individually injected two-level atoms in a coherent superposition of the upper and lower states. In particular, we show that the so-called nonlinear squeezed vacuum and nonlinear squeezed first excited states, as well as the even and odd nonlinear coherent states can be generated in a two-photon micromaser.     

一种制备四光子相干态的新方案

本文提出了一种利用原子-腔场之间的Raman相会作用来制备四光子相干态的新方案.同样,还可以利用该方法制备八成分迭加态.     

Motional Quantum-State Engineering and Implementation of a Quantum Phase-Gate for Multiple Trapped Ions

We propose a scheme to generate a superposition of motional coherent states with arbitrary coefficients on a line in phase space and implement a quantum controlled phase-gate for multiple trapped ions with a single standing-wave laser pulse whose carrier frequency is tuned to the ions transition. In the scheme each ion does not need to be exactly positioned at the node of the standing wave, which is very important from viewpoint of experiment, Furthermore, our scheme may allow the generation of a superposition of coherent states with large mean phonon number for a large number of trapped ions in a fast way by choosing suitable laser intensity. We show that it can also be used to generate maximally entangled states of multiple trapped ions.     

Strong-Driving-Assisted Preparation of Superpositions of Two-Mode Coherent States in Cavity QED

A scheme is proposed for preparing the superposition of two-mode coherent states with controllable weighting factors along a straight line for two-mode cavity field. In this scheme two-level atoms driven by classical field are sent through a two-mode cavity initially in the vacuum state. Then the detection of the atoms make the cavity field be in a two-mode superpositions of coherent states.     

Λ型原子与单模光场的非共振作用制备四光子相干态

根据简并Λ型三能级原子与单模光场的改进型有效哈密顿量 ,通过矩阵形式法推导出原子光场系统的波函数 ,提出利用简并Λ型三能级原子与单模光场的远离共振相互作用制备四光子相干态的有效方案。并且证明按照同样的方法不能制备出四成分以上的相干叠加态 ,即当在腔中注入的第三个原子的速度与第二个原子的速度相等时 ,腔场将保持这种四光子相干叠加态不变     

Quantum metrology with coherent superposition of two different coded channels

We investigate the advantage of coherent superposition of two different coded channels in quantum metrology. In a continuous variable system, we show that the Heisenberg limit 1/N can be beaten by the coherent superposition without the help of indefinite causal order. And in parameter estimation, we demonstrate that the strategy with the coherent superposition can perform better than the strategy with quantum SWITCH which can generate indefinite causal order. We analytically obtain the general form of estimation precision in terms of the quantum Fisher information and further prove that the nonlinear Hamiltonian can improve the estimation precision and make the measurement uncertainty scale as 1/Nm for m ≥ 2. Our results can help to construct a high-precision measurement equipment, which can be applied to the detection of coupling strength and the test of time dilation and the modification of the canonical commutation relation.