CLASSICAL AND NONCLASSICAL INTERFERENCE

Authors
WODKIEWICZ K HERLING GH
Citation
K. Wodkiewicz et Gh. Herling, CLASSICAL AND NONCLASSICAL INTERFERENCE, Physical review. A, 57(2), 1998, pp. 815-821
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
815 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1998)57:2<815:CANI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The relation between quantum interference and classical interference i s discussed in terms of the Wigner function and an analogous classical expression. For two displaced coherent states and two displaced elect ric-field Gaussian pulses, both the quantum-mechanical and classical W igner functions exhibit oscillatory behavior. Classical analogs of squ eezing, photon-number oscillation, and the Q function are presented.