Arbitrary Control of a Quantum Electromagnetic Field

C. K. Law and J. H. Eberly
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 1055 – Published 12 February 1996
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Abstract

We present a cavity QED interaction which forces the ground state of a cavity field mode to evolve into an arbitrary quantum state at a prechosen time t*. This method does not involve either atom-field state entanglement or the projections characteristic of quantum measurement.

  • Received 5 October 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1055

©1996 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

C. K. Law and J. H. Eberly

  • Rochester Theory Center for Optical Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

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Vol. 76, Iss. 7 — 12 February 1996

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