It is extremely d@ cult to report on the opinions of others, especially when they closely
agree, border and cross one another. If the reporter goes into detail, he creates impatience …

The phase associated with a single mode of the electromagnetic field is complementary to
the photon number. This simple idea leads us to construct a probability density for the …

We define a quasiprobability distribution S NP (n, θ) which describes the quantum statistics
of the photon number and phase observables of a single-mode field (or, equivalently, a …

We derive relationships between canonical and measured phase distributions for quantum-
oscillator states in the semiclassical regime. First, we extend the formalism for the canonical …

Edited by one of the scientists who developed what is still considered the key solution to the
quantum phase operator problem, this volume brings together important historic and modern …

The states of linear momentum that satisfy the equality in the Heisenberg uncertainty
principle for position and momentum, that is the intelligent states, are also the states that …

The much-studied energy-time uncertainty relation has well-known difficulties that are
exacerbated for a system with discrete energy levels. The difficulty in representing time in …

A combination of less frequent criticism with positive investigations has resulted in the
substitution of group theoretic considerations by a simpler quantum mechanical model, has …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the quantum phase properties of nonlinear
optical phenomena. Optical fields produced in nonlinear optical processes have specific …

We present a new quasiprobability function defined on Fock space whose marginal
distributions are the number and phase probability distributions of the single mode light field …