PHOTON STATISTICS OF 2-MODE SQUEEZED STATES AND INTERFERENCE IN 4-DIMENSIONAL PHASE-SPACE

被引:86
作者
CAVES, CM
ZHU, C
MILBURN, GJ
SCHLEICH, W
机构
[1] UNIV QUEENSLAND, DEPT PHYS, ST LUCIA, QLD 4067, AUSTRALIA
[2] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT, W-8046 GARCHING, GERMANY
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 43卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.43.3854
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We derive the joint photon-number distribution for two-mode squeezed states with coherent amplitudes. For certain ranges of the parameters, the joint distribution exhibits nonclassical oscillations, which are the two-mode analog of the oscillations found in the single-mode case. These nonclassical oscillations are absent from the marginal distributions for each mode. The nonclassical features of the joint distribution may be explained using the interference-in-phase-space concept in four-dimensional phase space.
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页码:3854 / 3861
页数:8
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