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Main Authors: Wang, Nuo, Zhang, Xinchen, Liu, Qi, Sun, Fengxiao, He, Qiongyi, Gu, Ying
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02784
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author Wang, Nuo
Zhang, Xinchen
Liu, Qi
Sun, Fengxiao
He, Qiongyi
Gu, Ying
author_facet Wang, Nuo
Zhang, Xinchen
Liu, Qi
Sun, Fengxiao
He, Qiongyi
Gu, Ying
contents Optical Schrodinger's cat (SC) is highly anticipated because of the potential of realizing fault-tolerant quantum computing, but the practical merit is only shown when the amplitude is larger than 2. However, such high-amplitude cats have not been prepared due to the limitations rooted in the existing method. Here, we demonstrate a principle that a large SC-like state can be generated by the superposition of two kittens in which two nearby coherent states interfere and grow to an enlarged coherent-like state. Further, we propose a scheme to breed the cat beyond the limitation in the former works with a high probability by realizing the superposition of two SCs in coupled waveguides. The principle and scheme demonstrated here provide a new perspective on understanding quantum superposition in phase space and a better solution for the efficient generation of SCs on chips.
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spellingShingle Breeding the Cat Through Superposition of Two Schrodinger Kittens Based on Coupled Waveguides
Wang, Nuo
Zhang, Xinchen
Liu, Qi
Sun, Fengxiao
He, Qiongyi
Gu, Ying
Quantum Physics
Optical Schrodinger's cat (SC) is highly anticipated because of the potential of realizing fault-tolerant quantum computing, but the practical merit is only shown when the amplitude is larger than 2. However, such high-amplitude cats have not been prepared due to the limitations rooted in the existing method. Here, we demonstrate a principle that a large SC-like state can be generated by the superposition of two kittens in which two nearby coherent states interfere and grow to an enlarged coherent-like state. Further, we propose a scheme to breed the cat beyond the limitation in the former works with a high probability by realizing the superposition of two SCs in coupled waveguides. The principle and scheme demonstrated here provide a new perspective on understanding quantum superposition in phase space and a better solution for the efficient generation of SCs on chips.
title Breeding the Cat Through Superposition of Two Schrodinger Kittens Based on Coupled Waveguides
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02784