Preparation of macroscopic quantum superposition states of a cavity field via coupling to a superconducting charge qubit

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Liu, Yu Xi ^a   Wei, L F ^a,b   Nori, Franco ^a,c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY FIELDS; SQUEEZED COHERENT STATES; SUPERCONDUCTING CHARGE QUBIT; SUPERPOSITIONS;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 26944466059     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.063820     Document Type: Article

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