Simulating a Dynamical Schrödinger Cat State with a Focusing Beam

Pawan Khatiwada; Allison Guo; Edward Yu; Xiao Feng Qian

doi:10.1364/FIO.2025.JD1A.43

Simulating a Dynamical Schrödinger Cat State with a Focusing Beam

Pawan Khatiwada
, Allison Guo
, Edward Yu
, Xiao Feng Qian

Department of Physics

Stevens Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We explore the equivalence between paraxial optical beam propagation and the dynamics of a 2D quantum harmonic oscillator. We demonstrate simulation of time evolution for coherent, squeezed, and Schrödinger cat states with superposed Hermite-Gaussian modes.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2025.JD1A.43
State	Published - 2025
Event	2025 Laser Science, LS 2025 - Denver, United States Duration: 26 Oct 2025 → 30 Oct 2025

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Conference	2025 Laser Science, LS 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	26/10/25 → 30/10/25

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