arXiv · 1005.3438
Non-Classical Behaviour of Scalar Wave Fields in Any State of Spatial Coherence and Point Sources in the Phase-Space Representation
Abstract
In the framework of the spatial coherence wavelets, different features of the first-order spatial coherence (Young's interference) are analysed by calculating the corresponding marginal power spectrum, a close related quantity to the classical Wigner Distribution Function (WDF) of the optical field. The consideration of radiant and virtual point sources evidences some effects, conventionally attributed to non-classical correlations of light, although such type of correlations are not explicitly included in the model. Specifically, a light state is produced that has similar morphology to the WDF of the well-known quantum Schrödinger cat state.
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Román Castañeda, Gustavo Cañas-Cardona, Herbert Vinck-Posada. 2010-05-16. Non-Classical Behaviour of Scalar Wave Fields in Any State of Spatial Coherence and Point Sources in the Phase-Space Representation. https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3438
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