Quantum state engineering by nondeterministic noiseless linear amplification

We address quantum state engineering of single- and two-mode states by means of nondeterministic noiseless linear amplifiers (NLAs) acting on Gaussian states. In particular, we consider the optimal implementation of a NLA proposed by Pandey et al. [Phys. Rev. A 88, 033852 (2013)] and we show that it provides an effective scheme to generate highly non-Gaussian and nonclassical states, when used outside the regime of high-fidelity amplification. Additionally, we show that in this regime also the amplification of a two-mode squeezed vacuum state (twin-beam) highly increases entanglement.