A new theorem relating quantum tomogram to the Fresnel operator
Chuanmei Xie, Hong-Yi Fan
According to Fan—Hu's formalism (Fan Hong-Yi and Hu Li-Yun 2009 Opt. Commun . 282 3734 ) that the tomogram of quantum states can be considered as the module-square of the state wave function in the intermediate coordinate—momentum representation which is just the eigenvector of the Fresnel quadrature phase, we derive a new theorem for calculating quantum tomogram of density operator, i.e., the tomogram of a density operator ρ is equal to the marginal integration of the classical Weyl correspondence function of F † ρ F , where F is the Fresnel operator. Applications of this theorem to evaluating the tomogram of optical chaotic field and squeezed chaotic optical field are presented.
Chinese Physics B•Jun 1, 2011•4 citations