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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Phase properties of elliptically polarized light propagating in a Kerr medium with dissipation

R. Tanaś, Ts. Gantsog

Published Dec 1, 1991• 13 citations
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Abstract

The phase properties of two modes of elliptically polarized light propagating in a nonlinear Kerr medium with dissipation are studied. Exact analytical formulas for the joint phase probability distribution, the marginal phase distributions, and the individual mode phase operators, as well as the phase-difference operator expectation values and variances, the phase correlation function, and the expectation value and the variance of the phase-difference cosine, are obtained. Some of the results are illustrated graphically to show explicitly the effect of dissipation on the evolution of the phase properties of the field.

DOI
10.1364/josab.8.002505

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Exact analytical expressions describing the evolution of the expectation values and the variances of the Stokes operators are derived for the elliptically polarized light propagating in a Kerr medium with dissipation. It is shown that quantum fluctuations of the field essentially affect the polarization of the field. The explicit quantum formulas describing the azimuth and the ellipticity of the polarization ellipse as well as the degree of polarization are derived and illustrated graphically. Quantum fluctuations in the Stokes parameters are discussed, and the evolution of the signal-to-noise ratio is shown to be reduced by the quantum field fluctuations. Role of the dissipation is shown explicitly in a fully quantitative way from the exact analytical solutions.
We consider quantum-mechanically partially polarized light propagating through a Kerr-like medium. Using the usual form of the induced polarization P=A(E\ensuremath{\cdot}E∗{\mathrm{E}}^{\mathrm{*}}E∗)E+B(E\ensuremath{\cdot}E)E∗{\mathrm{E})\mathrm{E}}^{\mathrm{*}}E)E∗, the theory is formulated in terms of an effective Hamiltonian which is quartic in terms of the operators for two orthogonally polarized modes. Exact solutions in closed form for the Heisenberg equations of motion are obtained. These solutions are used to evaluate the physical behavior of various observables as the field propagates through a nonlinear medium. We also present explicit results for the time evolution of the input coherent and Fock states of the field. We show the generation of states that are macroscopic superposition of coherent states. We also find that if the input field is completely polarized, then due to quantum effects the output field becomes partially polarized. This is in contrast to the classical prediction and can have an important bearing on questions like topological phases of light propagating through a nonlinear medium. Numerical results for the energy in each mode, the correlation between two modes, and the higher-order correlations are presented. The input photon statistics is found to make a considerable difference in the dynamics.
The problem of the formation of discrete superpositions of coherent states when elliptically polarized light is propagating through a nonlinear Kerr medium is considered, It is shown that superpositions with any number of components can be obtained if the evolution time is taken as a fraction MIN of the period, where M and N are mutually prime integers. Exact analytical formulae for finding the superposition coeffi- cients are given. It is shown that the coupling between the two circularly polarized components of the ellpitically polarized light caused by the asymmetry of the nonlinear properties of the medium can suppress the number of components in the superposition from N' to N, if the asymmetry parameter takes appropriate values. The phase distri- bution function P(.9,, e.) for the two-mode field is obtained according to the new Pegg-Barnett phase formalism. This function exhibits a well resolved, multi-peak struc- ture, clearly indicating the formation of the discrete superpositions of coherent states. Examples of the phase distribution function for several superposition states are illustrated graphiczlly. showing in a very spectacular way the formation of such superpositions.
The quantum theory of light propagation in a nonlinear Kerr medium is applied to calculate the Stokes parameters and their variances in the process of light propagation. Exact quantum formulae are derived for the expectation values of the Stokes operators and thus for the azimuth θ and ellipticity η of the beam. The role of quantum fluctuations in light polarization characteristics is discussed. The periodic behaviour of quantum evolution of the light polarization is revealed explicitly. It is shown that the degree of polarization is diminished at early stages of each period of the evolution but then reverts to its initial state of complete polarization at the end of the period. The variances of the Stokes parameters are also periodic and intensity-dependent; however, they never fall below their coherent state values.