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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:39Type II Optical Parametric Oscillator
- 03:30Conditional Preparation: Filtering the Heralding Path
- 04:58Quantum State Tomography by Homodyne Detection
- 06:57Results: Type-II OPO and the Generation of High-fidelity Single Photon State
- 07:43Conclusion
We describe the reliable generation of non-Gaussian states of traveling optical fields, including single-photon states and coherent state superpositions, using a conditional preparation method operated on the non-classical light emitted by optical parametric oscillators. Type-I and type-II phase-matched oscillators are considered and common procedures, such as the required frequency filtering or the high-efficiency quantum state characterization by homodyning, are detailed.
