Extremal states for photon number and quadratures as gauges for nonclassicality

Rotated quadratures carry the phase-dependent information of the electromagnetic field, so they are somehow conjugate to the photon number. We analyze this noncanonical pair, finding an exact uncertainty relation, as well as a couple of weaker inequalities obtained by relaxing some restrictions of t...

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Autores: Hradil, Z., Řeháček, J., Hoz Iglesias, Pablo de la, Leuchs, Gerd, Sánchez Soto, Luis Lorenzo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/24033
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Phase uncertainty
Eigenstate fields
Coherent states
Quantum
Generation
Operators
Light
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:Rotated quadratures carry the phase-dependent information of the electromagnetic field, so they are somehow conjugate to the photon number. We analyze this noncanonical pair, finding an exact uncertainty relation, as well as a couple of weaker inequalities obtained by relaxing some restrictions of the problem. We also find the intelligent states saturating that relation and complete their characterization by considering extra constraints on the second-order moments of the variables involved. Using these moments, we construct performance measures tailored to diagnose photon-added and Schrodinger-cat-like states, among others.