Abstract

The nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometer is presented as a device whereby a pair of coherent states can be transformed into an entangled superposition of coherent states for which the notion of entanglement is generalized to include nonorthogonal, but distinct, component states. Each mode is directed to a homodyne detector. We show that there exist nonclassical intensity correlations at the output ports of the homodyne detectors which facilitate a test of local realism. In contradistinction to previous optical schemes which test local realism, the initial state used here possesses a positive Glauber-Sudarshan representation and is therefore a semiclassical state. The nonlinearity itself is responsible for generating the nonclassical state.

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