Abstract
We propose a simple scheme to generate an arbitrary photon-added coherent state of a travelling optical field by combining an array of degenerate parametric amplifiers and corresponding single-photon detectors. Particularly, when the single-photon-added coherent state is observed by developing the novel technique of Zavatta et al (2004 Science 306 660), we can simultaneously obtain the generalized N-qubit W state.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 013 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1883-1888 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Chinese Physics (Overseas Edition) |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jul 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Parametric down-conversion
- Photon-added coherent state
- W state