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We investigate superpositions of two-mode squeezed states (TMSSs), which have potential applications to quantum information processing and quantum sensing. Firstly we study some properties of these nonclassical states such as the statistics…

The formalism of classical and quantum mechanics on phase space leads to symplectic and Heisenberg group representations, respectively. The Wigner functions give a representation of the quantum system using classical variables. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ajay Patwardhan

It is shown that a general model for particle detection in combination with a linear application of the Wigner rotations, which correspond to momentum-dependent changes of the particle spin under Lorentz transformations, to the state of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-04 Pablo L. Saldanha , Vlatko Vedral

We study the Wigner function for a quantum system with a discrete, infinite dimensional Hilbert space, such as a spinless particle moving on a one dimensional infinite lattice. We discuss the peculiarities of this scenario and of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-05 Margarida Hinarejos , A. Pérez , Mari-Carmen Bañuls

An adaptation of the WKB method in the deformation quantization formalism is presented with the aim to obtain an approximate technique of solving the eigenvalue problem for energy in the phase space quantum approach. A relationship between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-18 Jaromir Tosiek , Ruben Cordero , Francisco J. Turrubiates

By means of a well-grounded mapping scheme linking Schwinger unitary operators and generators of the special unitary group $\mathrm{SU(N)}$, it is possible to establish a self-consistent theoretical framework for finite-dimensional discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-20 Marcelo A. Marchiolli , Diogenes Galetti

The Wigner D-matrix is essential in the course of angular momentum techniques. We here derive the new even- and odd-orthogonality properties of the Wigner D-matrix which was yet to be demonstrated in textbooks and also apply them to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-20 Wei Zhong , Lan Zhou , Cui-Fang Zhang , Yu-Bo Sheng

We study a generalization of the Wigner function to arbitrary tuples of hermitian operators. We show that for any collection of hermitian operators A1...An , and any quantum state there is a unique joint distribution on R^n, with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-09 René Schwonnek , Reinhard F. Werner

Higher (2nd)-order Wigner distribution function in quantum phase space for entangled bi-modal coherent states, a representative of higher (2nd)-order optical-polarization, is introduced by generalizing kernel (transiting) operator in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-04 Ravi S. Singh , Sunil P. Singh , Lallan Yadava , Gyaneshwar K. Gupta

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 Wigner function of quantum systems is an effective instrument to construct the approximate classical description of the systems for which the classical approximation is possible. During the last time, the Wigner function formalism is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Constantin V. Usenko

The orbital angular momentum of light, unlike spin, is an infinite-dimensional discrete variable and may hence offer enhanced performances for encoding, transmitting, and processing information in the quantum regime. Hitherto, this degree…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 A. Pecoraro , F. Cardano , L. Marrucci , A. Porzio

We show that real polarization method can be effectively used to geometrically quantize physical systems with compact phase space, like the spin. Our method enables us to construct a wave function of a qubit in both position and momentum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-10 Jerzy Kijowski , Piotr Waluk , Katarzyna Senger

We study the class of discrete Wigner functions proposed by Gibbons et al. [Phys. Rev. A 70, 062101 (2004)] to describe quantum states using a discrete phase-space based on finite fields. We find the extrema of such functions for small…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-02 Andrea Casaccino , Ernesto F. Galvao , Simone Severini

A new definition of the Wigner function for quantum fields coupled to curved space--time and an external Yang--Mills field is studied on the example of a scalar and a Dirac fields. The definition uses the formalism of the tangent bundles…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 Oleg A. Fonarev

The original Wigner function provides a way of representing in phase space the quantum states of systems with continuous degrees of freedom. Wigner functions have also been developed for discrete quantum systems, one popular version being…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kathleen S. Gibbons , Matthew J. Hoffman , William K. Wootters

We analyse some features of the class of discrete Wigner functions that was recently introduced by Gibbons et al. to represent quantum states of systems with power-of-prime dimensional Hilbert spaces [Phys. Rev. A 70, 062101 (2004)]. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-03-31 Cecilia Cormick , Juan Pablo Paz

The interplay between Coulomb interactions and kinetic energy underlies many exotic phases in condensed matter physics. In a two-dimensional electronic system, If Coulomb interaction dominates over kinetic energy, electrons condense into a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-03 Chenggang Yang , Jun Lu , Hongzhang Wang , Jian Zeng , Wendong Bian , Zhengshan Guo , Jiankun Li , Yulei Zhang , Junwei Luo , Tian Pei

An extended Wigner function formalism is introduced for describing the quantum dynamics of particles with internal degrees of freedom in the presence of spatially inhomogeneous fields. The approach is used for quantitative simulations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-09 Marcel Utz , Malcolm H Levitt , Nathan Cooper , Hendrik Ulbricht

Restoration of broken circular symmetry is used to explore the characteristics of the ground states and the excitation spectra of rotating Wigner molecules (RWM's) formed in two-dimensional parabolic N-electron quantum dots. In high…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman