Abstract
We derive quantum trajectories (also known as stochastic master equations) that describe an arbitrary quantum system probed by a propagating wave packet of light prepared in a continuous-mode Fock state. We consider three detection schemes of the output light: photon counting, homodyne detection, and heterodyne detection. We generalize to input field states in superpositions and mixtures of Fock states and illustrate our formalism with several examples.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 023819 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-18 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Aug 2017 |