Quantum polarization distributions via marginals of quadrature distributions

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Luis, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; WIGNER FUNCTION;

COHERENT LIGHT; POLARIZATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 26944447910     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.053801     Document Type: Article

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