Characterizations of classical and nonclassical states of quantized radiation

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/31/2/016MaRDI QIDQ4950162zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 8 May 2000

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9512020

zbMATH Keywords

classical statesgeneralized sub-Poissonian statisticsnon-classical statespair-coherent statesquantized radiationsqueezed thermal statessqueezed vacuum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coherent states (81R30) Quantum optics (81V80)

Abstract: A new operator based condition for distinguishing classical from non-classical states of quantised radiation is developed. It exploits the fact that the normal ordering rule of correspondence to go from classical to quantum dynamical variables does not in general maintain positivity. It is shown that the approach naturally leads to distinguishing several layers of increasing nonclassicality, with more layers as the number of modes increases. A generalisation of the notion of subpoissonian statistics for two-mode radiation fields is achieved by analysing completely all correlations and fluctuations in quadratic combinations of mode annihilation and creation operators conserving the total photon number. This generalisation is nontrivial and intrinsically two-mode as it goes beyond all possible single mode projections of the two-mode field. The nonclassicality of pair coherent states, squeezed vacuum and squeezed thermal states is analysed and contrasted with one another, comparing the generalised subpoissonian statistics with extant signatures of nonclassical behaviour.

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