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Thermal state truncation by using quantum scissors device

Quantum Physics 2016-08-24 v1

Abstract

A non-Gaussian state being a mixture of the vacuum and single-photon states can be generated by truncating a thermal state in a quantum scissors device of Pegg et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 (1998) 1604]. In contrast to the thermal state, the generated state shows nonclassical property including the negativity of Wigner function. Besides, signal amplification and signal-to-noise ratio enhancement can be achieved.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06919,
  title  = {Thermal state truncation by using quantum scissors device},
  author = {Hong-xia Zhao and Xue--xiang Xu and Hong-chun Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06919},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, 7 figures

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