Nonclassicality generated by photon annihilation-then-creation and creation-then-annihilation operations

Abstract

We examine nonclassical properties of the field states generated by applying the photon annihilation-then-creation operation (AC) and creation-then-annihilation operation (CA) to the thermal and coherent states. Effects of repeated applications of AC and of CA are also studied. We also discuss experimental schemes to realize AC and CA with a cavity system using atom-field interactions.

To be published in Journal of the Optical Society of America B

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