Topological argument for robustness of coherent states in quantum optics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12292v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:59:35 GMT
• Title: Topological argument for robustness of coherent states in quantum optics
• Authors: Saumya Biswas, Amrit De, Avik Dutt,
• Abstract summary: Coherent states are robust against photon loss and do not easily get entangled upon interaction with a beamsplitter. Here we provide insights into a topological argument for their robustness using two separate but exact mappings of a prototypical quantum optics model. Our theory sheds light on a fundamental reason for the robustness of coherent states, both in existence and entanglement.
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• Abstract: Coherent states, being the closest analog to classical states of wave systems, are well known to possess special properties that set them apart from most other quantum optical states. For example, they are robust against photon loss and do not easily get entangled upon interaction with a beamsplitter, and hence are called ``pointer states'', which is often attributed to them being eigenstates of the annihilation operator. Here we provide insights into a topological argument for their robustness using two separate but exact mappings of a prototypical quantum optics model - the driven Jaynes-Cummings model. The first mapping is based on bosonization and refermionization of the Jaynes-Cummings model into the fermionic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model hosting zero-energy topologically protected edge states. The second mapping is based on the algebra of deformed f-oscillators. We choose these mappings to explicitly preserve the translational symmetry of the model along a Fock-state ladder basis, which is important for maintaining the symmetry-protected topology of such 1D lattices. In addition, we show that the edge state form is preserved even when certain chiral symmetry is broken, corresponding to a single-photon drive for the quantum optics model that preserves the coherent state; however, the addition of two-photon drive immediately disturbs the edge state form, as confirmed by numerical simulations of the mapped SSH model; this is expected since two-photon drive strongly perturbs the coherent state into a squeezed state. Our theory sheds light on a fundamental reason for the robustness of coherent states, both in existence and entanglement -- an underlying connection to topology.

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