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We introduce a simplified form of Stokes operators for quantum optical fields that involve the known concept of binning. Behind polarization analyzer photon numbers (more generally intensities) are measured. If the value obtained in one of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-02 Konrad Schlichtholz , Bianka Woloncewicz , Marek Żukowski

Stokes parameters (${\bf S}$) in Poincar\'e sphere are very useful values to describe the polarisation state of photons. However, the fundamental principle of the nature of polarisation is not completely understood, yet, because we have no…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-23 Shinichi Saito

This work discuss the entanglement and quantum polarization of superpositions of two-mode coherent states. We use the concurrence to measure their entanglements and the quantum Stokes parameters and the Q function in order to analyze their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-07-02 Joao Batista Rosa Silva , Rubens Viana Ramos

We comprehensively review the quantum theory of the polarization properties of light. In classical optics, these traits are characterized by the Stokes parameters, which can be geometrically interpreted using the Poincar\'e sphere.…

We have experimentally demonstrated the efficient creation of highly entangled bipartite continuous variable polarisation states. Exploiting an optimised scheme for the production of squeezing using the Kerr non-linearity of a glass fibre…

Polarization quasi-probability distribution (PQPD) is defined in the Stokes space, and it enables the calculation of mean values and higher-order moments for polarization observables using simple algebraic averaging. It can be reconstructed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-21 M. V. Chekhova , F. Ya. Khalili

We consider an ensemble of trapped atoms interacting with a continuous wave laser field. For sufficiently polarized atoms and for a polarized light field, we may approximate the non-classical components of the collective spin angular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lars Bojer Madsen , Klaus Mølmer

Within the new description of the polarization structure of quantum light (given in Part I) some types of generalized coherent states related to the polarization SU(2) group are examined. With their help we give a quasiclassical description…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 V. P. Karassiov

Polarization-resolved control and measurement of the optical field are essential for a wide range of photonic systems, including coherent communication, polarimetric sensing, and quantum information processing. We present a photonic…

The Morse potential quantum system is a realistic model for studying vibrations of atoms in a diatomic molecule. This system is very close to the harmonic oscillator one. We thus propose a construction of squeezed coherent states similar to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-10-19 M. Angelova , V. Hussin

The characterization of quantum polarization of light requires knowledge of all the moments of the Stokes variables, which are appropriately encoded in the multipole expansion of the density matrix. We look into the cumulative distribution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-29 G. Bjork , A. B. Klimov , P. de la Hoz , M. Grassl , G. Leuchs , L. L. Sanchez-Soto

We analyze the formation of polarization-squeezed light in a medium with electronic Kerr nonlinearity. Quantum Stokes parameters are considered and the spectra of their quantum fluctuations are investigated. It is established that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Popescu

Particle distributions in squeezed states, even and odd coherent states are given in terms of multivariable Hermite polynomials. The Q--function and Wigner function for nonclassical field states are discussed.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 V. I. Man'ko

We propose and demonstrate a method for quantum-state tomography of qudits encoded in the quantum polarization of $N$-photon states. This is achieved by distributing $N$ photons nondeterministically into three paths and their subsequent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-14 Ömer Bayraktar , Marcin Swillo , Carlota Canalias , Gunnar Björk

Following the lines of the recent paper of J.-P. Gazeau and F. H. Szafraniec [J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 44, 495201 (2011)], we construct here three types of coherent states, related to the Hermite polynomials in a complex variable which are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. T. Ali , K. Gorska , A. Horzela , F. H. Szafraniec

We study the application of squeezed states in a quantum optical scheme for direct sampling of the phase space by photon counting. We prove that the detection setup with a squeezed coherent probe field is equivalent to the probing of the…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-26 Konrad Banaszek , Krzysztof Wodkiewicz

We report on the generation of polarization squeezing of intense, short light pulses using an asymmetric fiber Sagnac interferometer. The Kerr nonlinearity of the fiber is exploited to produce independent amplitude squeezed pulses. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 J. Heersink , T. Gaber , S. Lorenz , O. Glöckl , N. Korolkova , G. Leuchs

Polarization of light is harnessed in an abundance of classical and quantum applications. Characterizing polarization in a classical sense is done resoundingly successfully using the Stokes parameters, and numerous proposals offer new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-05 Aaron Z. Goldberg , Daniel F. V. James

Conditional Measurement scheme which employs linear optical elements and photon detection is the fertile ground for nonclassical state generation. We consider a simple setup that requires a coherent state and a number state as inputs of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Devibala Esakkimuthu , Basherrudin Mahmud Ahmed A

According to quantum theory the interactions between physical systems are quantized. As a direct consequence, measurement sensitivities are fundamentally limited by quantization noise, or just `quantum noise' in short. Furthermore,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 Roman Schnabel