The problem of the Pegg-Barnett phase operator

Authors
Vorontsov, YI Rembovsky, YA
Citation
Yi. Vorontsov et Ya. Rembovsky, The problem of the Pegg-Barnett phase operator, PHYS LETT A, 254(1-2), 1999, pp. 7-10
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
254
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
7 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990405)254:1-2<7:TPOTPP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
It is proved that it is impossible to match the theoretical measurement of the Pegg-Barnett phase to a real physical one. So the physical observable c annot be matched to the Pegg-Barnett operator. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B. V.