Generation of optical coherent-state superpositions by number-resolved photon subtraction from the squeezed vacuum
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Thomas Gerrits,1 Scott Glancy,1 Tracy S. Clement,1 Brice Calkins,1 Adriana E. Lita,1 Aaron J. Miller,2 Alan L. Migdall,3,4 Sae Woo Nam,1 Richard P. Mirin,1 and Emanuel Knill1 1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA 2Albion College, Albion, Michigan 49224, USA 3National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 4Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA (Received 15 April 2010; published 9 September 2010)
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تاریخ انتشار 2010