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A Schrödinger cat-like state laser with zero diffusion

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A method for building a Schrödinger cat-like state laser is here proposed which follows from the introduction of a particular reservoir engineering technique into the laser theory. Our method demands the building of an effective atom-field interaction in addition to the construction of an isomorphism between the cavity field operators in both the effective and the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonians. In other words, we build an isomorphism between the field operators of the conventional laser theory and those of our effective laser, in such a way that the stationary solution of the latter laser follows immediately from that of the former. Our Schrödinger Cat-like state laser presents zero diffusion from cavity losses.

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This manuscript has associated data in a data repository. [Authors’ comment: The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.].

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    F. de Oliveira Neto & M. H. Y. Moussa

  2. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus Experimental de Itapeva, Itapeva, SP, 18409-010, Brazil

    M. A. de Ponte

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de Oliveira Neto, F., de Ponte, M.A. & Moussa, M.H.Y. A Schrödinger cat-like state laser with zero diffusion. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 138, 762 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04366-7

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