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Quantum Optical Phase

In: Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement

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  • Stephen M. Barnett

    (University of Strathclyde, Department of Physics and Applied Physics)

  • David T. Pegg

    (Griffith University Nathan, Faculty of Science and Technology)

Abstract

Simple physical ideas lead us to identify the phase of a single mode of the electromagnetic field as the quantity conjugate to the photon number. This in turn leads to the form of the phase probability distribution. The phase operator cannot be represented in the conventional infinite dimensional Hilbert space but can be expressed by means of a finite-dimensional state space together with a suitable limiting procedure. We introduce the Hermitian optical phase operator and describe its most important properties.

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  • Stephen M. Barnett & David T. Pegg, 1997. "Quantum Optical Phase," Springer Books, in: O. Hirota & A. S. Holevo & C. M. Caves (ed.), Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement, pages 415-422, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4615-5923-8_44
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5923-8_44
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