Nonclassicality of thermal radiation

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Johansen, Lars M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blackbody radiation; Chaotic states; Kirkwood distribution; Margenau Hill distribution; Nonclassicality; P distribution; Thermal radiation; Weak measurements; Weak values

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; IRRADIATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE SPACE METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BLACKBODY RADIATION; CHAOTIC STATES; KIRKWOOD DISTRIBUTION; MARGENAU-HILL DISTRIBUTION; NONCLASSICALITY; P-DISTRIBUTION; WEAK MEASUREMENTS; WEAK VALUES;

HEAT RADIATION;

EID: 11144347719     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/6/12/L01     Document Type: Article

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