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New formalism for two-photon quantum optics. I - Quadrature phases and squeezed states. II - Mathematical foundation and compact notationA new formalism for analyzing two-photon devices, such as parametric amplifiers and phase-conjugate mirrors, is proposed in part I, focusing on the properties and the significance of the quadrature-phase amplitudes and two-mode squeezed states. Time-stationary quasi-probability noise is also detailed for the case of Gaussian noise, and uncertainty principles for the quadrature-phase amplitudes are outlined, as well as some important properties of the two-mode states. Part II establishes a mathematical foundation for the formalism, with introduction of a vector notation for compact representation of two-mode properties. Fundamental unitary operators and special quantum states are also examined with an emphasis on the two-mode squeezed states. The results are applied to a previously studied degenerate limit (epsilon = 0).
Document ID
19850051958
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Caves, C. M.
(California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; California, University Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Schumaker, B. L.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review A - General Physics, 3rd Series
Volume: 31
ISSN: 0556-2791
Subject Category
Optics
Accession Number
85A34109
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-77-27084
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-82-14126
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-85-K-0005
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