Photon-number superselection and the entangled coherent-state representation

نویسندگان

  • Barry C. Sanders
  • Stephen D. Bartlett
  • Terry Rudolph
  • Peter L. Knight
چکیده

We introduce the entangled coherent-state representation, which provides a powerful technique for efficiently and elegantly describing and analyzing quantum optics sources and detectors while respecting the photon-number superselection rule that is satisfied by all known quantum optics experiments. We apply the entangled coherent-state representation to elucidate and resolve the long-standing puzzles of the coherence of a laser output field, interference between two number states, and dichotomous interpretations of quantum teleportation of coherent states.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003