Removal of a single photon by adaptive absorption

John Calsamiglia; Stephen M. Barnett; Norbert Lütkenhaus; Kalle-Antti Suominen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.64.043814

Removal of a single photon by adaptive absorption

John Calsamiglia, Stephen M. Barnett, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Kalle-Antti Suominen

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Abstract

We present a method to remove, using only linear optics, exactly one photon from a field mode. This is achieved by putting the system in contact with an absorbing environment, which is under continuous monitoring. A feedback mechanism then decouples the system from the environment as soon as the first photon is absorbed. We propose a possible scheme to implement this process and provide the theoretical tools to describe it.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	043814-1
Number of pages	43813
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	64
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.043814
Publication status	Published - 19 Sept 2001

Keywords

linear optics
photon removal
adaptive absorption
optics
optical physics

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