Probing few-particle Laughlin states of photons via correlation measurements
Probing few-particle Laughlin states of photons via correlation measurements
We propose methods to create and observe Laughlin-like states of photons in a strongly nonlinear optical cavity. Such states of strongly interacting photons can be prepared by pumping the cavity with a Laguerre-Gauss beam, which has a well-defined orbital angular momentum per photon. The Laughlin-like states appear as sharp resonances …