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PHYSICS LETTERS A
Volume 372, Issue 48, Pages 7101-7104Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2008.10.040
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- U.S. Army
- Research Corporation
- PSC-CUNY
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We propose an alternative method for the quantum non-demolition measurement of photon numbers wherein weak cross-Kerr nonlinearities are to be used. The usual approach to quantum non-demolition measurements of quantum number involves encoding the photon number, through a cross-Kerr interaction, into a phase shift of a probe coherent state which is then detected through balanced homodyning. Weak nonlinearities produce small phase shifts which are difficult to detect and distinguish. In the method we propose, unbalanced homodyning acts as a displacement operator oil the probe beam coherent state Such that the cross-Kerr interaction encodes the photon number into the amplitude of a new coherent state. The value of the photon number can be determined by inefficient photon counting on the new coherent State. Our proposed method requires fewer resources than does the usual approach. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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