arXiv:1603.09171

Generation of non-classical optical fields by a beam splitter with second-order nonlinearity

Hari Prakash, Devendra Kumar Mishra

Published Mar 30, 2016• 0 citations

Abstract

We propose quantum-mechanical model of a beam splitter with second-order nonlinearity and show that non-classical features such as squeezing and sub-Poissonian photon statistics of optical fields can be generated in output fundamental and second harmonic modes when we mix coherent light beams via such a nonlinear beam splitter.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1603.09171

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