NONCLASSICAL STATES OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD IN CAVITY QED

Authors
LUTTERBACH LG DAVIDOVICH L
Citation
Lg. Lutterbach et L. Davidovich, NONCLASSICAL STATES OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD IN CAVITY QED, OPTICS EXPRESS, 3(4), 1998, pp. 147-153
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
OPTICS EXPRESS → ACNP
ISSN journal
10944087
Volume
3
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
147 - 153
Database
ISI
SICI code
1094-4087(1998)3:4<147:NSOTEI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We propose simple experiments in cavity quantum electrodynamics leadin g, for the first time, to the measurement of negative values of the Wi gner function of an electromagnetic field. We also show that the reali zation of a controlled-not gate within the framework of cavity QED is a special case of our proposal, and is equivalent to the measurement o f the Wigner function of a one-photon field at the origin of phase spa ce. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.