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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Experimental realization of para-particle oscillators
C Huerta Alderete1,2, Alaina M Green3, Nhung H Nguyen3
1Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. aldehuer@gmail.com.
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Para-particles are fascinating because they are neither bosons nor fermions. While unlikely to be found in nature, they may still offer accurate descriptions of exotic quantum phenomena. We report the quantum simulation of para-particle oscillators by tailoring the native couplings of two orthogonal motional modes of a trapped ion. Our system accurately reproduces the dynamics of para-bosons and para-fermions of even order, demonstrating the first experimental analogy of para-particle dynamics in any physical system and demonstrate full control of para-particle oscillators.
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