Negativity of the Wigner function as an indicator of non-classicality

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 396-404

  Kenfack, Anatole ^a,b   Zyczkowski, Karol ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fock states; Generalized Fock states; Negativity of Wigner functions; Non classicality; Quasiprobability distribution functions; Schr dinger cat state; Squeezed states

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOCK STATES; NEGATIVITY OF WIGNER FUNCTIONS; NON-CLASSICALITY; QUASIPROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 7544227140     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/6/10/003     Document Type: Article

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