Maximally polarized states for quantum light fields

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Sánchez Soto, Luis L ^a   Yustas, Eulogio C ^a   Björk, Gunnar ^b   Klimov, Andrei B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SET THEORY;

PARABOLIC PHOTON STATISTICS; QUANTUM FIELDS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 35348916062     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.043820     Document Type: Article

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