Wigner-function theory and decoherence of the quantum-injected optical parametric amplifier

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Spagnolo, Nicolò ^a,b   Vitelli, Chiara ^a,b   De Angelis, Tiziano ^a   Sciarrino, Fabio ^a,b   De Martini, Francesco ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia ^*  (Italy)

^c ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE; FUNCTION THEORY; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM; MULTIPHOTONS; NEGATIVE REGIONS; NONCLASSICALITY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; WIGNER FUNCTIONS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 70349296899     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.032318     Document Type: Article

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