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  • Quantum nature of laser light

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    Pegg, DT
    Jeffers, J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Pegg, David T.
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    All compositions of a mixed state density operator are equivalent for the prediction of the probabilities of future outcomes of measurements. For retrodiction, however, this is not the case. The retrodictive formalism of quantum mechanics provides a criterion for deciding that some compositions are fictional. Fictional compositions do not contain preparation device operators, that is, operators corresponding to states that could have been prepared. We apply this to M謭er's controversial conjecture that optical coherences in laser light are a fiction and find agreement with his conjecture. We generalise M謭er's derivation of ...
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    All compositions of a mixed state density operator are equivalent for the prediction of the probabilities of future outcomes of measurements. For retrodiction, however, this is not the case. The retrodictive formalism of quantum mechanics provides a criterion for deciding that some compositions are fictional. Fictional compositions do not contain preparation device operators, that is, operators corresponding to states that could have been prepared. We apply this to M謭er's controversial conjecture that optical coherences in laser light are a fiction and find agreement with his conjecture. We generalise M謭er's derivation of the interference between two lasers to avoid the use of any fictional states. We also examine another possible method for discriminating between coherent states and photon number states in laser light and find that it does not work, with the equivalence for prediction saved by entanglement.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Modern Optics
    Volume
    52
    Publisher URI
    http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713191304
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340500106857
    Copyright Statement
    © 2005 Taylor & Francis : The author-version of this article will be available for download [12-18 months] after publication : Use hypertext link to access the version of the publisher.
    Subject
    Optical Physics
    Quantum Physics
    Nanotechnology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/4912
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