Creating quanta with an annihilation operator

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/35/41/315zbMATH Open1044.81814arXivquant-ph/0207035OpenAlexW2153916331MaRDI QIDQ4469902FDOQ4469902

Authors: V. V. Dodonov, Salomon S. Mizrahi 

Publication date: 22 June 2004

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

Abstract: An asymmetric nature of the boson `destruction' operator $hata$ and its `creation' partner $hat{a}^{dagger}$ is made apparent by applying them to a quantum state $|psi>$ different from the Fock state $|n>$. We show that it is possible to {em increase} (by many times or by any quantity) the mean number of quanta in the new `photon-subtracted' state $hata|psi>$. Moreover, for certain `hyper-Poissonian' states $|psi>$ the mean number of quanta in the (normalized) state $hata|psi>$ can be much greater than in the `photon-added' state $hat{a}^{dagger}|psi>$. The explanation of this `paradox' is given and some examples elucidating the meaning of Mandel's $q$-parameter and the exponential phase operators are considered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0207035

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

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