QUANTUM STOKES PARAMETERS AND PHASE DIFFERENCE OPERATOR

Authors
SANCHEZSOTO LL LUIS A
Citation
Ll. Sanchezsoto et A. Luis, QUANTUM STOKES PARAMETERS AND PHASE DIFFERENCE OPERATOR, Optics communications, 105(1-2), 1994, pp. 84-88
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
105
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
84 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1994)105:1-2<84:QSPAPD>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A unitary operator representing the exponential of the phase differenc e between two modes of the electromagnetic field is introduced. The ei genvalue spectrum has a discrete character that is analyzed. This oper ator is related with a suitable polar decomposition of the Stokes para meters of the field. The cases of weakly and highly excited states are considered, discussing to what extent it is possible to talk about th e phase for a single-mode field.