Conditional Hybrid Nonclassicality

E. Agudelo, J. Sperling, L. S. Costanzo, M. Bellini, A. Zavatta, W. Vogel
2017 Physical Review Letters  
We derive and implement a general method to characterize the nonclassicality in compound discrete- and continuous-variable systems. For this purpose, we introduce the operational notion of conditional hybrid nonclassicality which relates to the ability to produce a nonclassical continuous-variable state by projecting onto a general superposition of discrete-variable subsystem. We discuss the importance of this form of quantumness in connection with interfaces for quantum communication. To
more » ... the conditional hybrid nonclassicality, a matrix version of a nonclassicality quasiprobability is derived and its sampling approach is formulated. We experimentally generate an entangled, hybrid Schr\"odinger cat state, using a coherent photon-addition process acting on two temporal modes, and we directly sample its nonclassicality quasiprobability matrix. The introduced conditional quantum effects are certified with high statistical significance.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.119.120403 pmid:29341663 fatcat:all6uffjrjbxfiihj72z6224ka