Macroscopic optomechanical superposition via periodic qubit flipping Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 American Physical Society. We propose a scheme to generate macroscopic superpositions of well-distinguishable coherent states in an optomechanical system via periodic qubit flipping. Our scheme does not require the single-photon strong-coupling rate of an optomechanical system. The generated mechanical superposition state can be reconstructed using mechanical quantum-state reconstruction. The proposed scheme relies on recycling of an atom, fast atomic qubit flipping, and coherent state mapping between a single-photon superposition state and an atomic superposition state. We discuss the experimental feasibility of our proposal under current technology.

authors

• Zubairy, Muhammad

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Ge, W., & Zubairy, M. S.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Ge, Wenchao||Zubairy, M Suhail

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics
• 5108 Quantum Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.91.013842

start page

• 013842

volume

• 91

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.91.013842