Abstract
We show how a special class of Schrödinger macroscopic quantum-superposition states can be produced by a coherent field propagating through a Kerr medium. We show that these states are eigenstates of the mth power of the photon-annihilation operator leading also to the possibility of producing these using multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings systems. We further show how superpositions of squeezed coherent states can be produced.
- Received 23 November 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.47.5024
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