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We experimentally demonstrate amplitude and phase modulation of a time-energy entangled two-photon wave function. The entangled photons are produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion, spectrally dispersed in an prism compressor,…

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In the framework of the Heisenberg picture, an alternative derivation of the reduced density matrix of a driven dissipative quantum harmonic oscillator as the prototype of an open quantum system is investigated. The reduced density matrix…

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By combining the definition of the Wigner distribution function (WDF) and the matrix method of optical system modeling, we can evaluate the transformation of the former in centered systems with great complexity. The effect of stops and lens…

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The photon distribution function of a discrete series of excitations of squeezed coherent states is given explicitly in terms of Hermite polynomials of two variables. The Wigner and the coherent-state quasiprobabilities are also presented…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Vladimir I. Man'ko , Alfred Wünsche

Most methods for experimentally reconstructing the quantum state of light involve determining a quasiprobability distribution such as the Wigner function. In this paper we present a scheme for measuring individual density matrix elements in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 K. L. Pregnell , D. T. Pegg

We investigate far-field radiation of energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum from two-dimensional electron systems, focusing on metallic thin films described by the Drude conductivity. Using the Keldysh formalism within the…

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We describe in detail the implementation of the relativistic three-neutron finite-volume quantization condition derived in Ref. [1]. In particular, we show how the complications due to Wigner rotations acting on spins are included, and…

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We demonstrate the reconstruction of the Wigner function from marginal distributions of the motion of a single trapped particle using homodyne detection. We show that it is possible to generate quantum states of levitated optomechanical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Muddassar Rashid , Marko Toroš , Hendrik Ulbricht

We compute the photon number distribution, the Q distribution function and the wave functions in the momentum and position representation for a single mode squeezed number state using generating functions which allow to obtain any matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 L. Albano , D. F. Mundarain , J. Stephany

We derive simple formulas connecting the generalized Wigner functions for $s$-ordering with the density matrix, and vice-versa. These formulas proved very useful for quantum mechanical applications, as, for example, for connecting master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 G. M. D'Ariano , M. F. Sacchi

The properties of an alternative definition of quantum entropy, based on Wigner functions, are discussed. Such definition emerges naturally from the Wigner representation of quantum mechanics, and can easily quantify the amount of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Manfredi , M. R. Feix

A phase space formulation of the filtering process upon an incident quantum state is developed. This formulation can explain the results of both quantum interference and delayed-choice experiments without making use of the controversial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniela Dragoman

Starting from a general relativistic kinetic equation, a self-consistent mean-field equation for fermions is derived within a covariant density matrix approach of QED plasmas in strong external fields. A Schr\"odinger picture formulation on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Hoell , V. Morozov , G. Roepke

We show that radiation from complex and inherently random but correlated wave sources can be modelled efficiently by using an approach based on the Wigner distribution function. Our method exploits the connection between correlation…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-09-30 Gabriele Gradoni , Stephen Creagh , Gregor Tanner , Christopher Smartt , David Thomas

Evolution formulas of the density operator, the photon number distribution, and the Wigner function are derived for the problem on the optical fields propagation in realistic environments. The method of deriving these formulas is novel and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Xue-xiang Xu

Starting with the representation of the Wilson average in the Euclidean 4D compact QED as a partition function of the Universal Confining String Theory, we derive for it the corresponding loop equation, alternative to the familiar one. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 D. V. Antonov

We calculate the Wigner quasiprobability distribution function of quantum elliptical vortex in elliptical beam (EEV), produced by coupling squeezed coherent states of two modes. The coupling between the two modes is performed by using beam…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-02 Abir Bandyopadhyay , Ravindra Pratap Singh

In this work we show how constructing Wigner functions of heterogeneous quantum systems leads to new capability in the visualization of quantum states of atoms and molecules. This method allows us to display quantum correlations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 B. I. Davies , R. P. Rundle , V. M. Dwyer , J. H. Samson , Todd Tilma , M. J. Everitt

The negativity of the Wigner function is discussed as a measure of the non classicality and the quantum interference pattern obtained therein as a possible measure of the entanglement between the two modes of the vortex states. This measure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-05 Anindya Banerji , Ravindra P. Singh , Abir Bandyopadhyay

The density matrix of composite spin system is discussed in relation to the adjoint representation of unitary group U(n). The entanglement structure is introduced as an additional ingredient to the description of the linear space carrying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. I. Man'ko , G. Marmo , E. C. G. Sudarshan , F. Zaccaria