Quantumlike systems in classical optics: Applications of quantum optical methods

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 404-407

  Chávez Cerda, Sabino ^a   Moya Cessa, Jesús R ^a,b   Moya Cessa, Héctor M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

CLASSICAL OPTICS; QUANTUMLIKE ENTANGLED FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33947243324     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000404     Document Type: Article

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