Generating "squeezed" superpositions of coherent states using photon addition and subtraction

Abstract

We study how photon addition and subtraction can be used to generate squeezed superpositions of coherent states in free-traveling fields (SSCSs) with high fidelities and large amplitudes. It is shown that an arbitrary $N$-photon subtraction results in the generation of a SSCS with nearly the perfect fidelity ($F>0.999$) regardless of the number of photons subtracted. In this case, the amplitude of the SSCS increases as the number of the subtracted photons gets larger. For example, two-photon subtraction from a squeezed vacuum state of 6.1dB can generate a SSCS of $\alpha =1.26$, while in the case of the four-photon subtraction a SSCS of a larger amplitude $\alpha =1.65$ is obtained under the same condition. When a photon is subtracted from a squeezed vacuum state and another photon is added subsequently, a SSCS with a lower fidelity ($F\approx 0.96$) yet higher amplitude ($\alpha \approx 2$) can be generated. We analyze some experimental imperfections including inefficiency of the detector used for the photon subtraction.

8 pages, 9 figures

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