Generation of Cat and Comb States by Homodyne Heralding towards a Loophole-Free Bell Test (Orale)

Jean Etesse (1) , Rémi Blandino (1) , Bhaskar Kanseri (1) , Rosa Tualle-Brouri (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Optique Quantique

We show that a simple protocol, that uses single photons and quadrature measurements only, enables the generation of both Schrödinger cat states with arbitrary size and purity, and quadrature comb states.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Jean Etesse, Rémi Blandino, Bhaskar Kanseri, Rosa Tualle-Brouri. Generation of Cat and Comb States by Homodyne Heralding towards a Loophole-Free Bell Test (Orale). CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, Jun 2013, San Jose, California, United States. pp. QTh5B.3, ⟨10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2013.QTh5B.3⟩. ⟨hal-01720320⟩