Implementation of single-photon creation and annihilation operators: Experimental issues in their application to thermal states of light

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Parigi, V ^a   Zavatta, A ^a,b   Bellini, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTATIVITY; CREATION AND ANNIHILATION; EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; PHOTON CREATION; QUANTUM OPERATORS; THERMAL LIGHT; THERMAL STATE;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 67651043228     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/42/11/114005     Document Type: Article

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