Quantum State Preparation via Asymptotic Completeness

Thomas Wellens; Andreas Buchleitner; Burkhard Kümmerer; Hans Maassen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3361

Quantum State Preparation via Asymptotic Completeness

Thomas Wellens, Andreas Buchleitner, Burkhard Kümmerer, and Hans Maassen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3361 – Published 16 October 2000

Abstract

We demonstrate that any quantum state $| χ 〉$ of a single mode radiation field can be prepared with arbitrarily high fidelity by interaction with a sequence of two-level atoms, prepared in a suitable initial state. No final state measurement of the atoms is needed.

Received 11 May 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3361

Authors & Affiliations

Thomas Wellens and Andreas Buchleitner

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany

Burkhard Kümmerer¹ and Hans Maassen²

¹Mathematisches Institut A, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
²Mathematics Department KUN, Toernooiveld 1, Nl-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands