Quantum information encoded into the superposition of coherent states is an illustrative representation of practical applications of macroscopic quantum coherence possessing. However, these states are very sensitive to energy loss, losing their non-classical aspects of coherence very rapidly.
An available deterministic strategy to slow down this decoherence process is to apply a Gaussian squeezing transformation prior to the loss as a protective step.
A team of researchers has proposed a deterministic hybrid protection scheme utilizing strong but feasible interactions with two-level ancillas immune to spontaneous emission. They have verified the robustness of the scheme against the dephasing of qubit ancilla.
Their scheme is applicable to complex superpositions of coherent states in many oscillators, and remarkably, the robustness to loss is enhanced with the amplitude of the coherent states. This scheme can be realized in experiments with atoms, solid-state systems, and superconducting circuits.
The paper has been published in npj Quantum Information.
