EFFECT OF BISTABILITY AND SUPERPOSITIONS ON QUANTUM STATISTICS IN DEGENERATE PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION

被引:25
作者
REID, MD [1 ]
YURKE, B [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS, MURRAY HILL, NJ 07974 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.4131
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The degenerate parametric oscillator operating above threshold exhibits bistability, and recent work suggests that it might also exist as a quantum-superposition state. We calculate the effect of the bistability on the two-time correlation function and the transmitted-field spectrum. The measurable steady-state probability distribution at the output of a homodyne detector is also calculated in a particular limit, in order to investigate whether One can experimentally distinguish between quantum-superposition and classical states.
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页码:4131 / 4137
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