Preparation and reconstruction of non-classical field states in a cavity QED experiment

Dotsenkol, Igor; Bernu, Julien; Deléglise, Samuel; Sayrin, Clément; Brune, Michel; Raimond, Jean Michel; Haroch, Serge

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Preparation and reconstruction of non-classical field states in a cavity QED experiment

Date

2008

Authors

Abstract

We prepare Schrödinger cats and other non-classical photonic states in a high-Q cavity. We reconstruct them using maximum entropy principle from an incomplete set of quantum nondemolition measurements performed with Rydberg atoms crossing the cavity.