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Generation of highly non-classical n-photon polarization states by super-bunching at a photon bottleneck

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

It is shown that coherent superpositions of two oppositely polarized n-photon states can be created by post-selecting the transmission of n independently generated photons into a single mode transmission line. It is thus possible to generate highly non-classical n-photon polarization states using only the bunching effects associated with the bosonic nature of photons. The effects of mode-matching errors are discussed and the possibility of creating n-photon entanglement by redistributing the photons into n separate modes is considered.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0311198,
  title  = {Generation of highly non-classical n-photon polarization states by super-bunching at a photon bottleneck},
  author = {Holger F. Hofmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0311198},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

8 pages, including 4 figures, extended version of the original letter paper, includes discussion of linear polarization statistics