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A system of $N$ non-canonical dynamically free 3D harmonic oscillators is studied. The position and the momentum operators (PM-operators) of the system do not satisfy the canonical commutation relations (CCRs). Instead they obey the weaker…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 T. D. Palev

The Wigner function was introduced as an attempt to describe quantum-mechanical fields with the tools inherited from classical statistical mechanics. In particular, it is widely used to describe the properties of radiation fields. In fact,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-10 Juan Camilo López Carreño

We introduce an operational criterion to identify Wigner function (WF) negativity for an arbitrary quantum state within the framework of quantum non-demolition measurements. This criterion corresponds to experimentally accessible schemes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Paolo Solinas , Beatrice Donelli , Stefano Gherardini

We provide a scheme for efficient simulation of a broad class of quantum optics experiments. Our efficient simulation extends the continuous variable Gottesman-Knill theorem to a large class of non-Gaussian mixed states, thereby identifying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-19 Victor Veitch , Nathan Wiebe , Christopher Ferrie , Joseph Emerson

Polarization quasiprobability distribution defined in the Stokes space shares many important properties with the Wigner function for the position and momentum. Most notably, they both give correct one-dimensional marginal probability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 K. Yu. Spasibko , M. V. Chekhova , F. Ya. Khalili

A unification of the set of quasiprobability representations using the mathematical theory of frames was recently developed for quantum systems with finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, in which it was proven that such representations require…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-18 Christopher Ferrie , Ryan Morris , Joseph Emerson

Non-Gaussian states with Wigner negativity are of particular interest in quantum technology due to their potential applications in quantum computing and quantum metrology. However, how to create such states at a remote location remains a…

We consider the nonclassicality distance indicator of a state in finite-dimensional quantum systems which is evaluating a state nonclassicality by its remoteness from the set of "classical states". The latter are identified with those…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Arsen Khvedelidze , Astghik Torosyan

We propose and demonstrate an effective mode-filtering technique of non-Gaussian states generated by photon-subtraction. More robust non-Gaussian states have been obtained by removing noisy low frequencies from the original mode spectrum.…

We establish the conditions under which a conservation law associated with a non-invertible operator may be realized as a symmetry in quantum physics. As established by Wigner, all quantum symmetries must be represented by either unitary or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Gerardo Ortiz , Chinmay Giridhar , Philipp Vojta , Andriy H. Nevidomskyy , Zohar Nussinov

Mutually unbiased bases and discrete Wigner functions are closely, but not uniquely related. Such a connection becomes more interesting when the Hilbert space has a dimension that is a power of a prime $N=d^n$, which describes a composite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gunnar Bjork , Jose L. Romero , Andrei B. Klimov , Luis L. Sanchez-Soto

Both classical and quantum damped systems give rise to complex spectra and corresponding resonant states. We investigate how resonant states, which do not belong to the Hilbert space, fit the phase space formulation of quantum mechanics. It…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Chruscinski

We present analytical results toward the Wigner entropy conjecture, which posits that among all physical Wigner non-negative states the Wigner entropy is minimized by pure Gaussian states for which it attains the value $1+\ln\pi$.Working…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Qipeng Qian , Christos Gagatsos

Contextuality and negativity of the Wigner function are two notions of non-classicality for quantum systems. Howard, Wallman, Veitch and Emerson proved recently that these two notions coincide for qudits in odd prime dimension. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Nicolas Delfosse , Cihan Okay , Juan Bermejo-Vega , Dan E. Browne , Robert Raussendorf

A quantum state can be written in phase space, but the resulting object is not generally the probability density of a positive stochastic process on ordinary phase space. We spell this out for Wigner dynamics. If a positive phase-space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Surachate Limkumnerd , Panat Phanthaphanitkul

While Wigner functions forming phase space representation of quantum states is a well-known fact, their construction for noncommutative quantum mechanics (NCQM) remains relatively lesser known, in particular with respect to gauge…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 S. Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury , Hishamuddin Zainuddin

Negativity of the Wigner function is arguably one of the most striking non-classical features of quantum states. Beyond its fundamental relevance, it is also a necessary resource for quantum speedup with continuous variables. As quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-21 Ulysse Chabaud , Pierre-Emmanuel Emeriau , Frédéric Grosshans

A Fokker-Planck equation for the Wigner function evolution in a noisy Kerr medium ($\chi^{(3)}$ non-linearity) is presented. We numerically solved this equation taking a coherent state as an initial condition. The dissipation effects are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-05-04 Magdalena Stobińska , G. J. Milburn , Krzysztof Wódkiewicz

We measure complete and continuous Wigner functions of a two-level cesium atom in both a nearly pure state and highly mixed states. We apply the method [T. Tilma et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180401 (2016)] of strictly constructing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-26 Yali Tian , Zhihui Wang , Pengfei Zhang , Gang Li , Jie Li , Tiancai Zhang

The presence of negative values in the Wigner quasiprobability distribution is deemed one of the hallmarks of nonclassical phenomena in quantum systems. Here we demonstrate a classical model of squeezed light that, when combined with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Brian R. La Cour