Photonic Fock state generation using superradiance

Photonic Fock states are the most basic quantum states of a radiation field, but arbitrary number states are still difficult to produce. Here we propose to use superradiant atoms in a chiral waveguide to generate multi-photon Fock states deterministically. We calculate the explicit forms of the output quantum photonic states and their correlation functions. We further establish the conditions for the output optical fields to approach the Fock states asymptotically. (c) 2022 Optica Publishing Group

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This study proposes to generate multi-photon Fock states deterministically using superradiant atoms in a chiral waveguide. The explicit forms of the output quantum photonic states and their correlation functions are calculated, and the conditions for the output optical fields to approach the Fock states asymptotically are established.