SYNTHESIS OF FOCK-STATES VIA BEAM-SPLITTERS

Authors
STEUERNAGEL O
Citation
O. Steuernagel, SYNTHESIS OF FOCK-STATES VIA BEAM-SPLITTERS, Optics communications, 138(1-3), 1997, pp. 71-74
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
138
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
71 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)138:1-3<71:SOFVB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
An idea to synthesize Fock states for pulsed light beams is presented. It uses an array of beam splitters with several input ports which are fed with single-photon Fock states. Detectors survey all but one outp ut port of this array. the free port is the one to produce the sought Fock state. The optimal setup for the array of beam splitters is intro duced.