Abstract
We study a class of nonlinear Hamiltonians, with applications in quantum optics. The interaction terms of these Hamiltonians are generated by taking a linear combination of powers of a simple 'beam splitter' Hamiltonian. The entanglement properties of the eigenstates are studied. Finally, we show how to use this class of Hamiltonians to perform special tasks such as conditional state swapping, which can be used to generate optical cat states and to sort photons.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1588-1597 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Modern Optics |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- quantum optics
- nonlinear optics
- quantum information
- lossless beam splitter
- orthogonal polynomials
- SU(2) symmetry
- quantum
- systems
- statistics
- mechanics
- states