# Determinisitic Optical Fock State Generation

Source: [Determinisitic Optical Fock State Generation](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa25ee2c2a3760193b5136>)

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Authors: K.R. Brown, K.M. Dani, D.M. Stamper-Kurn, K.B. Whaley

Published: 2002-11-20T20:26:41.000Z

## Abstract

We present a scheme for the deterministic generation of N-photon Fock states from N three-level atoms in a high-finesse optical cavity. The method applies an external laser pulsethat generates an $N$-photon output state while adiabatically keeping the atom-cavity system within a subspace of optically dark states. We present analytical estimates of the error due to amplitude leakage from these dark states for general N, and compare it with explicit results of numerical simulations for N \\leq 5. The method is shown to provide a robust source of N-photon states under a variety of experimental conditions and is suitable for experimental implementation using a cloud of cold atoms magnetically trapped in a cavity. The resulting N-photon states have potential applications in fundamental studies of non-classical states and in quantum information processing.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0211134>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0211134.pdf>)