FOCK-STATE PREPARATION FROM THERMAL CAVITY FIELDS BY MEASUREMENTS ON RESONANT ATOMS

Authors
HAREL G KURIZKI G
Citation
G. Harel et G. Kurizki, FOCK-STATE PREPARATION FROM THERMAL CAVITY FIELDS BY MEASUREMENTS ON RESONANT ATOMS, Physical review. A, 54(6), 1996, pp. 5410-5414
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
54
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5410 - 5414
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1996)54:6<5410:FPFTCF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We show that by combining nonselective and conditional measurements on a sequence of excited two-level atoms traversing a resonant cavity, o ne can construct a practical strategy for compressing an arbitrary pho ton-number distribution (thermal distributions included) into a desire d Fock state with high probability of success and low number of measur ements.