We present a new mechanism that harnesses extremely weak Kerr-type nonlinearities in a single driven cavity to deterministically generate single photon Fock states, and more general photon-blockaded states. Our method is effective even for nonlinearities that are orders-of-magnitude smaller than photonic loss. It is also completely distinct from so-called unconventional photon blockade mechanisms, as the generated states are non-Gaussian, exhibit a sharp cut-off in their photon number distribution, and can be arbitrary close to a single-photon Fock state. Our ideas require only standard linear and parametric drives, and is hence compatible with a variety of different photonic platforms.
@article{arxiv.2103.12041,
title = {Unconditional Fock state generation using arbitrarily weak photonic nonlinearities},
author = {Andrew Lingenfelter and David Roberts and A. A. Clerk},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.12041},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
14 pages, 7 figures, equivalent to the published version