{"title":"The dynamic generation of Schrödinger cats and their detection","authors":"B. Yurke, D. Stoler","doi":"10.1016/0378-4363(88)90181-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A coherent state interacting with a suitable nonlinearity can be transformed into a quantum superposition of two coherent states 180° out of phase with each other. The interference between the two macroscopic components of this Schrödinger's cat-like state can be detected with a homodyne detector.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101023,"journal":{"name":"Physica B+C","volume":"151 1","pages":"Pages 298-301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0378-4363(88)90181-7","citationCount":"33","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physica B+C","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378436388901817","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A coherent state interacting with a suitable nonlinearity can be transformed into a quantum superposition of two coherent states 180° out of phase with each other. The interference between the two macroscopic components of this Schrödinger's cat-like state can be detected with a homodyne detector.