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Capture and release of a conditional state of a cavity QED system by quantum feedback
W P Smith1, J E Reiner, L A Orozco
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA.
Abstract:
Detection of a single photon escaping an optical cavity QED system prepares a nonclassical state of the electromagnetic field. The evolution of the state can be modified by changing the drive of the cavity. For the appropriate feedback, the conditional state can be captured (stabilized) and then released. This is observed by a conditional intensity measurement that shows suppression of vacuum Rabi oscillations for the length of the feedback pulse and their subsequent return.
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