GENERATION AND PROPERTIES OF SUPERPOSITIONS OF DISPLACED FOCK STATES

Authors
MOYACESSA H
Citation
H. Moyacessa, GENERATION AND PROPERTIES OF SUPERPOSITIONS OF DISPLACED FOCK STATES, J. mod. opt., 42(8), 1995, pp. 1741-1754
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
J. mod. opt. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500340
Volume
42
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1741 - 1754
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(1995)42:8<1741:GAPOSO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We study the statistical properties of superpositions of displaced Foc k states. We find that for the superposition of the form \psi(1)] = 1\ root 2(\alpha,n]+\alpha k]) the direction of the displacement (alpha p ositive or negative) plays an important role; also, if n = 1 and K = 0 a strong sub-Poissonian character is found for alpha greater than or equal to 0. We also analyse the ways in which superpositions of displa ced Fock states may be generated.