All-Optical Model for the Generation and the Detection of Macroscopic Quantum Coherence
- 15 July 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (3) , 411-415
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.411
Abstract
We show that with a suitable modification of the model proposed by Yurke, Schleich, and Walls [Phys. Rev. A 42, 1703 (1990)] for the generation of linear superpositions of macroscopically distinct quantum states, it is possible to arrange a scheme for generating and detecting optical Schrödinger catlike states which is experimentally feasible with current technologies.Keywords
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