Deterministic Generation of Large Fock States

Phys Rev Lett. 2020 Aug 28;125(9):093603. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.093603.

Abstract

We present a protocol to deterministically prepare the electromagnetic field in a large photon number state. The field starts in a coherent state and, through resonant interaction with one or few two-level systems, it evolves into a coherently displaced Fock state without any postselection. We show the feasibility of the scheme under realistic parameters. The presented method opens a door to reach Fock states, with n∼100 and optimal fidelities above 70%, blurring the line between macroscopic and quantum states of the field.