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Journal of Modern Optics

Photoelectron Counting Theory in Terms of the Wigner and Q Representations of the Light Field

Trevor W. Marshall, Emilio Santos

Published Aug 1, 1991• 5 citations
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Abstract

We show how to present the standard theory of photoelectron counting in terms of the Wigner and Q representations of the light field.
DOI
10.1080/09500349114551631

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