Abstract
We propose a scheme for generating even and odd coherent states of the motion of a trapped ion via laser excitation of two vibronic transitions. These quantum superposition states emerge from the long-time dynamics, when the ion decouples from the laser fields and remains in a pure state given by the product of the electronic ground state with a quantum superposition of coherent states of the vibrational motion.
- Received 5 September 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.608
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