Preparation of nonclassical states by displacement-based quantum scissors

We theoretically study the statistical properties of non-Gaussian states generated by inputting coherent state, single-mode squeezed vacuum state and thermal state to the displacement-based single-side quantum scissor. Compared to the case without the displacement, it is shown that the displacement-based single-side quantum scissor with large coherent amplitudes can not only effectively enhance the success probability of quantum state preparation in the high-transmittance range, but also improve the statistical properties of the generated states involving the average photon number, the signal to noise ratio and the nonclassicality. These results indicate that the usage of the displacement-based single-side quantum scissor may have potential applications for the optical interferometry.