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Acta Physica Sinica

A CRITERION FOR NON-CLASSICAL STATE OF LIGHT

Demin Yao, Guo Guang-Can, (1)中国科学技术大学基础物理中心; (2)中国科学技术大学物理系

Published Jan 1, 1988• 2 citations
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Abstract

A general criterion for non-classical state of light is given, by which two kinds of non-classical single-mode states (antibunching and squeezing) are discussed in detail.
DOI
10.7498/aps.37.463

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