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arXiv:quant-ph/0604208 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

The characteristic function and entanglement of optical evolution

Xiaoyu Chen

Published Oct 27, 2006• 9 citations
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Abstract

The master equation of the quantum optical density operator is transformed to the equation of the characteristic function. Parametric amplification and amplitude damping as well as phase damping are considered. The solution for the most general initial quantum state is obtained for parametric amplification and amplitude damping. The purity of the one-mode Gaussian system and the entanglement of the two-mode Gaussian system are studied.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/39/22/005

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It is demonstrated that the nature of optical parametric amplification is a quantum phenomenon. The system Lagrangian can be constructed by the path integral of coherent state. The equations of motion for photon operators are indeed the Euler-Lagrange equations of a Lagrangian. The quantum state evolution equation can also be obtained without resorting to quantum Hamiltonian or Lagrangian. Starting with classical Newton equation, quantum transition amplitude of the system can be educed by surface integral.