A measure of non-Gaussianity for quantum states

Quantum Information Processing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 853-872

  Ivan, J Solomon ^a   Kumar, M Sanjay ^b   Simon, R ^c  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Non Gaussianity measure; Photon added thermal states; Q function; Quasiprobability; Wehrl entropy

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIANS; NONGAUSSIANITY; OSCILLATOR MODES; PHASE SPACES; Q-FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM STATE; QUASIPROBABILITY; THERMAL STATE;

INFORMATION THEORY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84861092245     PISSN: 15700755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11128-011-0314-2     Document Type: Article

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