Email this article Schrödinger Picture Analysis of the Beam Splitter: an Application of the Janszky Representation
- Authors: Barnett S.M.1
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Affiliations:
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
- Issue: Vol 39, No 4 (2018)
- Pages: 340-348
- Section: Article
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/1071-2836/article/view/248453
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-018-9727-z
- ID: 248453
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Abstract
The Janszky representation constructs quantum states of a field mode as a superposition of coherent states on a line in the complex plane. We show that this provides a natural Schrödinger picture description of the interference between a pair of modes at a beam splitter.
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Stephen M. Barnett
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
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Email: stephen.barnett@glasgow.ac.uk
United Kingdom, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
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