Sub-Poissonian and anti-bunching criteria via majorization of statistics

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/25/255302MaRDI QIDQ5263960zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel G. Medranda, Alfredo Luis

Publication date 20 July 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00250

zbMATH Keywords

majorizationquantum opticsquantum uncertaintysub-Poissonian light

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Coherent states (81R30) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

Abstract: We use majorization and confidence intervals as a convenient tool to compare the uncertainty in photon number for different quantum light states. To this end majorization is formulated in terms of confidence intervals. As a suitable case study we apply this tool to sub- and super-Posissonian behavior and bunching and anti- bunching effects. We focus on the most significant classical and nonclassical states, such as Glauber coherent, thermal, photon number, and squeezed states. We show that majorization provides a more complete analysis that in some relevant situations contradicts the predictions of variance.

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