Title :
A rigorous description of optical phase
Author :
Fuss, Ian G. ; Filinkov, Alexei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We represent the phase of an optical field by an operator valued distribution thus enabling a rigorous analysis of its statistics and new approaches to its approximation and measurement.
Keywords :
optical variables measurement; statistical distributions; operator valued distribution; optical field; optical phase; Hilbert space; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement; Oscillators; Phase measurement; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193714
