Gerrits, T.
, Clement, T.
, Glancy, S.
, Nam, S.
, Mirin, R.
and Knill, E.
(2008),
Homodyne detection of optical cat states generated by squeezed light photon subtraction, Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, Calgary, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=33008
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Homodyne detection of optical cat states generated by squeezed light photon subtraction
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We have experimentally created and measured an optical Schrödinger Cat State. The method relies on single photon subtraction off a squeezed vacuum state and conditioning a homodyne measurement on the detection of that photon.Proceedings Title
Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing
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August 19-24, 2008
Conference Location
Calgary, CA
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homodyne, Schrödinger cat, squeezed light, squeezed vacuum, Wigner distribution
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Created August 19, 2008, Updated February 19, 2017