https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00085-3
Instantaneous measurement of field quadrature moments and entanglement
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
2
Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Apartado 1761, Lima, Peru
Corresponding author: a enrique.solano@mpq.mpg.de
Received:
27
January
2006
Published online:
13
April
2006
We present a method of measuring expectation values of quadrature moments of a multimode field through two-level probe “homodyning”. Our approach is based on an integral transform formalism of measurable probe observables, where analytically derived kernels unravel efficiently the required field information at zero interaction time, minimizing decoherence effects. The proposed scheme is suitable for fields that, while inaccessible to a direct measurement, enjoy one and two-photon Jaynes-Cummings interactions with a two-level probe, like spin, phonon, or cavity fields. Available data from previous experiments are used to confirm our predictions.
PACS: 42.50.Dv – Nonclassical states of the electromagnetic field, including entangled photon states; quantum state engineering and measurements / 03.67.Mn – Entanglement production, characterization, and manipulation / 42.50.Lc – Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2006
