Evolution of a two-mode squeezed vacuum for amplitude decay via continuous-variable entangled state approach

Extending the recent work completed by Fan et al. [Front. Phys. 9(1), 74 (2014)] to a two-mode case, we investigate how a two-mode squeezed vacuum evolves when it undergoes a two-mode amplitude dissipative channel, with the same decay rate κ, using the continuous-variable entangled state approach. Our analytical results show that the initial pure-squeezed vacuum state evolves into a definite mixed state with entanglement and squeezing, decaying over time as a result of amplitude decay. We also investigate the time evolutions of the photon number distribution, the Wigner function, and the optical tomogram in this channel. Our results indicate that the evolved photon number distribution is related to Jacobi polynomials, the Wigner function has a standard Gaussian distribution (corresponding to the vacuum) at long periods, losing its nonclassicality due to amplitude decay, and a larger squeezing leads to a longer decay time.     

Entropic characteristics of photon tomograms

We study the electromagnetic-field tomograms for classical and quantum states. We use the violation of the positivity of entropy for the photon-probability distributions for distinguishing the classical and quantum domains. We show that the photon-probability distribution expressed in terms of optical or symplectic tomograms of the photon quantum state must be a nonnegative function, which yields the nonnegative Shannon entropy. We also show that the optical tomogram of the photon classical state provides the expression for the Shannon entropy, which can be nonpositive.     

Probability representation of the quantum evolution and energy-level equations for optical tomograms

The von Neumann evolution equation for the density matrix and the Moyal equation for the Wigner function are mapped onto the evolution equation for the optical tomogram of the quantum state. The connection with the known evolution equation for the symplectic tomogram of the quantum state is clarified. The stationary states corresponding to quantum energy levels are associated with the probability representation of the von Neumann and Moyal equations written for optical tomograms. The classical Liouville equation for optical tomogram is obtained. An example of the parametric oscillator is considered in detail.     

Wigner function and Bell’s inequalities for even and odd coherent states

The Wigner function and the symplectic tomogram of an entangled quantum state, which is a superposition of the photon’s coherent states (even and odd coherent states), is studied. Photon statistics and violation of Bell’s inequality for the photon state are discussed.     

Center-of-Mass Tomography and Wigner Function for Multimode Photon States

Tomographic probability representation of multimode electromagnetic field states in the scheme of center-of-mass tomography is reviewed. Both connection of the field state Wigner function and observable Weyl symbols with the center-of-mass tomograms as well as connection of the Grönewold kernel with the center-of-mass tomographic kernel determining the noncommutative product of the tomograms are obtained. The dual center-of-mass tomogram of the photon states are constructed and the dual tomographic kernel is obtained. The models of other generalized center-of-mass tomographies are discussed. Example of two-mode even and odd Schrödinger cat states is presented in details.     

Nonclassicality of photon-modulated spin coherent states in the Holstein—Primakoff realization

Two new photon-modulated spin coherent states (SCSs) are introduced by operating the spin ladder operators J_± on the ordinary SCS in the Holstein-Primakoff realization and the nonclassicality is exhibited via their photon number distribution, second-order correlation function, photocount distribution and negativity of Wigner distribution. Analytical results show that the photocount distribution is a Bernoulli distribution and the Wigner functions are only associated with two-variable Hermite polynomials. Compared with the ordinary SCS, the photon-modulated SCSs exhibit more stronger nonclassicality in certain regions of the photon modulated number k and spin number j, which means that the nonclassicality can be enhanced by selecting suitable parameters.     

A new theorem relating quantum tomogram to the Fresnel operator

According to Fan-Hu's formalism (Fan Hong-Yi and Hu Li-Yun 2009 Opt. Commun. bf282 3734) that the tomogram of quantum states can be considered as the module-square of the state wave function in the intermediate coordinate-momentum representation which is just the eigenvector of the Fresnel quadrature phase, we derive a new theorem for calculating quantum tomogram of density operator, i.e., the tomogram of a density operator ρ is equal to the marginal integration of the classical Weyl correspondence function of F⁺ρF, where F is the Fresnel operator. Applications of this theorem to evaluating the tomogram of optical chaotic field and squeezed chaotic optical field are presented.     

On entropy and information of quantum states

Shannon entropy and information are applied to study the properties of quantum states of a system in the probability representation of quantum mechanics. Examples of spin states and mixed Gaussian states of the two-mode system are considered. The relationship between the new entropy and the von Neumann entropy is reviewed. Two tomographic maps are considered within the framework of the star-product quantization. The explicit expression of tomographic entropy associated with photon-number tomogram of the two-mode state of photons is obtained in terms of Hermite polynomials of four variables. Based on a contribution to the International Conference “New Trends in Quantum Mechanics. Fundamental Aspects and Applications” (Palermo, Italy, November 2005).     

Optical Parametric Amplification of Single Photon: Statistical Properties and Quantum Interference

By using phase space method, we theoretically investigate the quantum statistical properties and quantum interference of optical parametric amplification of single photon. The statistical properties, such as the Wigner function (WF), average photon number, photon number distribution and parity, are derived analytically for the fields of the two output ports. The results indicate that the fields in the output ports are multiphoton states rather than single photon state due to the amplification of the optical parametric amplifiers (OPA). In addition, the phase sensitivity is also examined by using the detection scheme of parity measurement.     

Measuring the photon distribution with ON/OFF photodetectors

Reconstruction of photon statistics of optical states provides fundamental information on the nature of any optical field and helps with various relevant applications. Nevertheless, no detector that can reliably discriminate the number of incident photons is available. On the other hand, the alternative of reconstructing the density matrix by quantum tomography leads to various technical difficulties that are particularly severe in the pulsed regime (where mode matching between a signal and local oscillator is very challenging). Even if on/off detectors, as usual avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode, seem useless as photo-counters, it was recently shown how reconstruction of photon statistics is possible by considering a variable quantum efficiency. Here we present experimental reconstructions of photon number distributions of both continuous-wave and pulsed light beams in a scheme based on on/off avalanche photodetection assisted by maximum-likelihood estimation. Reconstructions of the distribution for both semiclassical and quantum states of light (as single photon, coherent, pseudothermal, and multithermal states) are reported for single-mode and multimode beams. The stability and good accuracy obtained in the reconstruction of these states clearly demonstrate the interesting potentialities of this simple technique.     

Optical transformer of photon statistics

The possibility of a linear optical transformer of photon statistics for multimode light is suggested. The transformation coefficients are obtained explicitly in terms of multivariable Hermite polynomials. As physical examples of a linear transformer a resonator with moving walls and a lossless beam splitter are discussed as optical elements that change the photon statistics of light beams. The beam splitter is shown to produce redistribution of quadrature squeezing and correlation between two modes of light.     

增光子圆态及其性质

利用光场产生算符的逆算符作用于圆态来构造增光子圆态.讨论了此态的非经典性质,同时计算并模拟出它的维格纳(Wigner)函数.结果表明,在不同光强下,随着激发数的增大增光子圆态光场的平均光子数增加与减少交替地出现;光子激发后,光场的亚泊松统计特性得到增强,压缩效应却受到抑制.维格纳函数图像显示了增光子圆态显著的非经典性质,发现了光子激发与圆态光强的增大都能使量子态由叠加引起的干涉效应明显增强.另外,在不同叠加数的情况下,通过适当选择参量可使维格纳函数具有相同的变化规律.     

Entanglement Involved in Pair Coherent State Studied via Wigner Function Formalism

We calculate Wigner function, tomogram of the pair coherent state byusing its Schmidt decomposition in the coherent state representation. It turns out that the Wigner function can be seen as the quantum entanglement (QE) between two two-variable Hermite polynomials (TVHP) and the tomogram is further simplified as QE of two single-variable Hermite polynomials. The Husimi function of pair coherent state is also calculated.     

Controlled Quantum Teleportation of Superposed Coherent State Using GHZ Entangled Coherent State

Controlled quantum teleportation of superposed coherent states using GHZ entangled 3-mode coherent states is studied. Proposed scheme can be implemented experimentally using linear optical components such as a symmetric lossless beam splitter, two phase-shifters and two photon counters. Fidelity is found close to unity for appreciable mean number of photons in coherent states and is 0.99 for mean photon number equal to two.

     

三能级原子与奇偶纠缠相干光作用的光场压缩

采用求解薛定谔方程和数值计算方法,研究了V型三能级原子与双模奇偶纠缠相干光场相互作用过程中的光场压缩效应,讨论了压缩效应与双模奇偶纠缠相干光场的纠缠程度、系统失谐量、双模光场的平均光子数和原子基态概率幅的依赖关系。结果表明：光场压缩效应与双模奇偶纠缠相干光场的纠缠程度、失谐量、平均光子数和原子初态相关联：双模纠缠相干光场处于非纠缠状态时的光场压缩量比光场处于纠缠状态时要大;原子处在单纯的基态或激发态时光场都有明显的压缩现象出现;而原子初态中基态和激发态的概率幅较接近时无光场压缩现象;无论光场是否处于纠缠态,只有两模平均光子数接近时,光场才会出现压缩效应。     

迭加态与压缩效应增强

本文运用量子力学态迭加原理,讨论由真空态和压缩态的迭加态获取更深压缩光场的可能性。结果表明,对弱场强浅压缩光场压缩加强效应非常显著;并且在迭加态中还呈现出反聚束的非经典效应。 关键词：     

Continuous-Variable Entanglement and Wigner-Function Negativity via Adding or Subtracting Photons

The performance of adding or subtracting photons on two-mode squeezed thermal states via examining the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) correlation, the Hillery–Zubairy (HZ) correlation, the fidelity of teleportation, and the negativity of Wigner function is theoretically investigated. The normalization factors and the teleportation fidelity are related to Jacobi polynomials, and the (evolved) Wigner functions are simply associated with two-variable Hermite polynomials. Compared with the original squeezed thermal states, the EPR correlation and the teleportation fidelity can be enhanced by photon subtraction and basically weakened by photon addition symmetric operations, but they cannot be enhanced for both photon addition and subtraction asymmetric cases. Also, HZ correlation can provide a better option relative to the EPR correlation in detecting the entanglement, and the fidelity for teleporting a squeezed state with a large squeezing can also be enhanced via photon addition symmetric operations, in contrast to teleporting a coherent state. Additionally, the nonclassicality is discussed in terms of the negativity of the (evolved) Wigner functions, which shows that photon addition and subtraction and the squeezing cannot restrain the deteriorate of nonclassicality, and the evolved Wigner functions become Gaussian (corresponding to vacuum) with long decay times as a result of amplitude decay.     

Simultaneous Preparation of Two Optical Cat States Based on a Nondegenerate Optical Parametric Amplifier

The cat state, known as the superposition of coherent states, has broad applications in quantum computation and quantum metrology. Increasing the number of optical cat states is crucial to implement complex quantum information tasks based on them. Here, two optical cat states are prepared simultaneously based on a nondegenerate optical parametric amplifier. By subtracting one photon from each of two squeezed vacuum states, two odd cat states with orthogonal superposition direction in phase space are prepared simultaneously, which have similar fidelity of 60% and amplitude of 1.2. Compared with the traditional method to generate two odd optical cat states based on two degenerate optical parametric amplifiers, only one nondegenerate optical parametric amplifier is applied in this experiment, which saves half of the quantum resources of nonlinear cavities. The presented results make a step toward preparing the four-component cat state, which has potential applications in fault-tolerant quantum computation.     

New generating function formulas of Jacobi polynomials obtained by virtue ofthe photon subtracted and photon added two-mode squeezed states

We derive some new generating function formulas of Jacobi polynomials in the context of quantum optics theory, i.e., by virtue of the photon subtracted and photon added two-mode squeezed states.     

Linear optical implementation of optimal unambiguous discrimination among quantum states

In this paper, we present a linear optical scheme for optimal unambiguous discrimination among nonorthogonal quantum states in terms of the multiple-rail and polarization representation of a single photon. In our scheme, discriminated quantum states are expressed by using the spatial degree of freedom of a single photon while the polarization degree of freedom of the single photon is used to act as an auxiliary qubit. The optical components used in our scheme are only passive linear optical elements such as polarizing beam splitters, wave plates, polarizers, single photon detectors, and single photon source.