PHASE PROPERTIES OF REAL FIELD STATES - THE GARRISON-WONG VERSUS PEGG-BARNETT PREDICTIONS

被引:20
作者
GANTSOG, T
MIRANOWICZ, A
TANAS, R
机构
[1] JOINT INST NUCL RES, THEORET PHYS LAB, MOSCOW 101000, USSR
[2] ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIV, INST PHYS, DIV NONLINEAR OPT, PL-60780 POZNAN, POLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.2870
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A comparison is made of predictions for the phase variances and the phase distribution functions obtained from the Garrison-Wong and Pegg-Barnett formalisms for real field states that include number states, coherent states, and squeezed vacuum states. It is shown that both approaches lead to qualitatively different phase distributions. The Garrison-Wong approach predicts an anisotropy of the phase distribution that is inconsistent with the symmetry of the Wigner and Q functions.
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页码:2870 / 2876
页数:7
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