• DocumentCode
    1985148
  • Title

    A rigorous description of optical phase

  • Author

    Fuss, Ian G. ; Filinkov, Alexei

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    1424
  • Lastpage
    1426
  • Abstract
    We represent the phase of an optical field by an operator valued distribution thus enabling a rigorous analysis of its statistics and new approaches to its approximation and measurement.
  • Keywords
    optical variables measurement; statistical distributions; operator valued distribution; optical field; optical phase; Hilbert space; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement; Oscillators; Phase measurement; Quantum mechanics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193714
  • Filename
    6193714