Optimizing decoherence in the generation of optical Schrödinger cat states

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Hauptverfasser: Hegels, Hendrik, Stolz, Thomas, Rempe, Gerhard, Dürr, Stephan
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Hegels, Hendrik
Stolz, Thomas
Rempe, Gerhard
Dürr, Stephan
author_facet Hegels, Hendrik
Stolz, Thomas
Rempe, Gerhard
Dürr, Stephan
contents We propose to use cavity Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency to generate Schrödinger cat states of optical photons. We predict that this should make it possible to generate states with relatively large mean photon numbers. With existing technology, mean photon numbers around 30 seem feasible. The main limitation is photon loss during the process, which generates the state. The ability to tune the strength of the photon loss caused by atomic spontaneous emission makes it possible to have little decoherence despite significant photon loss during the generation of the state.
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spellingShingle Optimizing decoherence in the generation of optical Schrödinger cat states
Hegels, Hendrik
Stolz, Thomas
Rempe, Gerhard
Dürr, Stephan
Quantum Physics
We propose to use cavity Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency to generate Schrödinger cat states of optical photons. We predict that this should make it possible to generate states with relatively large mean photon numbers. With existing technology, mean photon numbers around 30 seem feasible. The main limitation is photon loss during the process, which generates the state. The ability to tune the strength of the photon loss caused by atomic spontaneous emission makes it possible to have little decoherence despite significant photon loss during the generation of the state.
title Optimizing decoherence in the generation of optical Schrödinger cat states
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02726