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arXiv:quant-ph/9901006 · Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B

Statistics of light in Raman and Brillouin nonlinear couplers

Jan Peřina, J Perina

Published Jun 1, 1997• 19 citations
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Abstract

Statistical properties of optical fields in nonlinear couplers composed of two waveguides in which Raman or Brillouin processes (with classical pumping) are in operation and which are mutually connected through the mutual Stokes and/or anti-Stokes linear interactions are investigated within the framework of a generalized superposition of coherent fields and quantum noise. Heisenberg equations describing the couplers are solved both analytically under special conditions and numerically in general cases. Regimes for nonclassical properties of optical fields, such as sub-Poissonian photon-number statistics, negative reduced moments of integrated intensity and squeezing of quadrature fluctuations are discussed for the cases of single and compound fields. General results are compared with those from the short-length approximation.

DOI
10.1088/1355-5111/9/3/013

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