Manipulation of Semiclassical Laguerre-Gaussian Modes: a Model Case

dc.creatorVanValkenburgh, Michael
dc.date2009-02-11
dc.date2009-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:47:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:47:19Z
dc.descriptionWe continue the study, from a semiclassical viewpoint, of Calvo and Picon's operators, as manipulating photon states in quantum communication. In a previous paper, we defined a one-dimensional model operator and studied it analytically before moving on to Calvo and Picon's full two-dimensional operators. In the present paper, we show how the one-dimensional operator may also be useful as an experimental model, since it allows manipulations of two-dimensional Laguerre-Gaussian modes; the intensity distributions (in physical space) of the Laguerre-Gaussian modes then approximately flow along the elliptic curves studied earlier. Since the Wigner transform is fundamental in the study of Laguerre-Gaussian modes, we give a slightly expanded and improved treatment of the semiclassical Wigner transform, which was only briefly mentioned in the previous paper.
dc.description9 pages, 2 figures. Added a figure; small changes
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1976
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1976
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221683
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleManipulation of Semiclassical Laguerre-Gaussian Modes: a Model Case
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