We provide a quantum description of X waves by considering two different kinds of quantum states of the electromagnetic field whose field amplitude expectation value coincides with a propagation-invariant solution of the Maxwell equation. The difference between the two states is of pure quantum mechanical origin since they are internally entangled and disentangled and can be generated by different linear or nonlinear processes. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.
Quantum electromagnetic X waves / Alessandro, Ciattoni; Conti, Claudio. - In: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. B, OPTICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0740-3224. - STAMPA. - 24:9(2007), pp. 2195-2198. [10.1364/josab.24.002195]
Quantum electromagnetic X waves
CONTI, CLAUDIO
2007
Abstract
We provide a quantum description of X waves by considering two different kinds of quantum states of the electromagnetic field whose field amplitude expectation value coincides with a propagation-invariant solution of the Maxwell equation. The difference between the two states is of pure quantum mechanical origin since they are internally entangled and disentangled and can be generated by different linear or nonlinear processes. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
