Production of Schrödinger macroscopic quantum-superposition states in a Kerr medium

K. Tara, G. S. Agarwal, and S. Chaturvedi
Phys. Rev. A 47, 5024 – Published 1 June 1993
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Abstract

We show how a special class of Schrödinger macroscopic quantum-superposition states can be produced by a coherent field propagating through a Kerr medium. We show that these states are eigenstates of the mth power of the photon-annihilation operator leading also to the possibility of producing these using multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings systems. We further show how superpositions of squeezed coherent states can be produced.

  • Received 23 November 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.47.5024

©1993 American Physical Society

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K. Tara, G. S. Agarwal, and S. Chaturvedi

  • School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500 134, India

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Vol. 47, Iss. 6 — June 1993

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