Quantum optics. Quantum harmonic oscillator state synthesis by reservoir engineering

Autor: D, Kienzler, H-Y, Lo, B, Keitch, L, de Clercq, F, Leupold, F, Lindenfelser, M, Marinelli, V, Negnevitsky, J P, Home
Rok vydání: 2014
Zdroj: Science (New York, N.Y.). 347(6217)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Popis: The robust generation of quantum states in the presence of decoherence is a primary challenge for explorations of quantum mechanics at larger scales. Using the mechanical motion of a single trapped ion, we utilize reservoir engineering to generate squeezed, coherent, and displaced-squeezed states as steady states in the presence of noise. We verify the created state by generating two-state correlated spin-motion Rabi oscillations, resulting in high-contrast measurements. For both cooling and measurement, we use spin-oscillator couplings that provide transitions between oscillator states in an engineered Fock state basis. Our approach should facilitate studies of entanglement, quantum computation, and open-system quantum simulations in a wide range of physical systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE