Title :
Polarization-squeezed triphoton states and their Wigner representation on the Poincaré sphere
Author :
Shalm, L.K. ; Adamson, R.B. ; Steinberg, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Toronto, ON
Abstract :
We present reconstructions of Wigner distributions for the polarization state of three indistinguishable photons on the generalized Poincare sphere. We study a variety of states including coherent, phase and NOON states.
Keywords :
Poincare mapping; Wigner distribution; light coherence; light polarisation; multiphoton processes; optical squeezing; quantum entanglement; Wigner distributions; coherent states; generalized Poincare sphere; maximally entangled NOON state; maximally squeezed NOON state; phase states; polarization-squeezed triphoton states; Lithography; Metrology; Optical control; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Phase measurement; Photonics; Physics; Quantum entanglement; Stokes parameters; (270.4180) Multiphoton processes; (270.6570) Squeezed states;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
