Continuous generation and stabilization of mesoscopic field superposition states in a quantum circuit
Continuous generation and stabilization of mesoscopic field superposition states in a quantum circuit
While dissipation is widely considered to be harmful for quantum coherence, it can, when properly engineered, lead to the stabilization of nontrivial pure quantum states. We propose a scheme for continuous generation and stabilization of Schr\"odinger cat states in a cavity using dissipation engineering. We first generate nonclassical photon states …