Unconditional accumulation of nonclassicality in a single-atom mechanical oscillator

Autor: Podhora, L., Pham, T., Lešundák, A., Obšil, P., Čížek, M., Číp, O., Marek, P., Slodička, L., Filip, R.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: We report on the robust experimental accumulation of nonclassicallity of motion of a single trapped ion. The nonclassicality stems from deterministic incoherent modulation of thermal phonon number distribution implemented by a laser excitation of nonlinear coupling between the ion's internal - electronic levels and external - motional states. We demonstrate that the repetitive application of this nonlinear process monotonically accumulates the observable state nonclassicality. The output states converge to a phonon number distribution with high overlap with a particular Fock state and visible quantum non-Gaussian aspects including corresponding negative Wigner function. The resulting oscillator states prove deterministic transition in the hierarchy of quantum non-Gaussianity up to four phonons. This transition is very robust against experimental imperfections and produces increasing entanglement potential.
Databáze: arXiv