QUANTUM PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS AND QUASIDISTRIBUTIONS

被引:47
作者
GARRAWAY, BM
KNIGHT, PL
机构
[1] Optics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ, Prince Consort Road
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.R5346
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We analyze the relationship between the phase distribution for optical fields derived using phase-operator techniques with that derived from the Wigner phase-space quantum quasiprobability. We show that then two approaches agree for field states dominated by Fock states within a narrow distribution, but differ for cases involving widely separated photon-number contributions. Dominance by even Fock states can result in a negative Wigner phase distribution. An example of this is drawn from the Jaynes-Cummings model.
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页码:R5346 / R5349
页数:4
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