Optical phase space, Wigner representation, and invariant quality parameters

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2440-2463

  Simon, R ^a   Mukunda, N ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

RADIATIVE TRANSFERS; WIGNER REPRESENTATIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0000587862     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002440     Document Type: Article

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