Quantum-nondemolition measurement of photon arrival using an atom-cavity system
Author(s) -
Kunihiro Kojima,
Akihisa Tomita
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1094-1622
pISSN - 1050-2947
DOI - 10.1103/physreva.75.032320
Subject(s) - physics , photon , qubit , quantum entanglement , quantum mechanics , cavity quantum electrodynamics , quantum , arrival time , open quantum system , transport engineering , engineering
A simple and efficient quantum non-demolition measurement (QND) scheme isproposed in which the arrival of a signal photon is detected without affectingthe qubit state. The proposed QND scheme functions even if the ancillary photonis replaced with weak light composed of vacuum and one-photon states. Althoughthe detection scheme is designed for entanglement sharing applications, it isalso suitable for general purification of a single photon state.
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