Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: We present a scheme for the deterministic generation of N-photon Fock states from N three-level atoms in a high-finesse optical cavity. The method applies an external laser pulse that generates an N-photon output state while adiabatically keeping the atom-cavity system within a subspace of optically dark states. We present analytical estimates of the error due to amplitude leakage from these dark states for general N, and compare it with explicit results of numerical simulations for $N<~5.$ The method is shown to provide a robust source of N-photon states under a variety of experimental conditions and is suitable for experimental implementation using a cloud of cold atoms magnetically trapped in a cavity. The resulting N-photon states have potential applications in fundamental studies of nonclassical states and in quantum information processing.
Source: Physical Review A
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Hertz Foundation, Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California Berkeley, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Air Force, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Materiel Command
OpenAlex ID: W2074566849