Theoretical Statistical Optics

Paul L. Voss, Renyong Tang, Prem Kumar

We report on the measurement of the noise statistics of spontaneous parametric fluorescence in a fiber optical parametric amplifier with single-mode, single-photon resolution. The results agree with quantum theoretical predictions.

O. M. Marchenko, Sergei A. Kazantsev, Laurentius Windholz

Eric Jakeman, J. H. Jefferson

We investigate the statistical properties of photoelectric events in experiments where dead-times are introduced into a propagating light field by the use of a detection-triggered optical shutter. Theoretical results are derived for various optical arrangements generating both analogue and genuine non-classical effects. The validity of the formulae is tested by numerical simulation.

N. A. Silva, A. J. Almeida, Armando N. Pinto

We report on the theoretical statistical characterization of a single-photon source based on the stimulated four-wave mixing process inside an optical fiber. We quantify the photon statistics by means of the expectation number of photons generated on the signal and idler waves, 〈Ňs〉 and 〈Ňi〉 respectively, and Mandel's Qsand Qiparameters. The obtained solutions take into account the spontaneous and stimulated Raman contributions for the generation of the idler wave. Results show that the idler wave generated inside the fiber follows a super-Poissonian statistics. Findings also show that the signal wave change their own statistics from a Poissonian to a super-Poissonian, due to the interaction with the pump field and the optical fiber.