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Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 133601 (2002) [4 pages]

Capture and Release of a Conditional State of a Cavity QED System by Quantum Feedback

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W. P. Smith1, J. E. Reiner1, L. A. Orozco1, S. Kuhr2, and H. M. Wiseman3
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800
2Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bonn, Wegelerstrasse 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
3Centre for Quantum Dynamics, School of Science, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia

Received 8 February 2002; published 4 September 2002

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.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.133601
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.133601
PACS:
42.50.Lc, 03.65.Ta, 03.67.–a, 42.50.Dv