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Quantum correlations in optics

Rupamanjari Ghosh
- 01 Nov 1998 - 
- Vol. 51, Iss: 5, pp 633-642
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In many nonlinear optical problems, such as down-conversion and four-wave mixing, the photons are generated in pairs and the strong correlation between the photons in a pair, characterized by either the correlations between operators corresponding to observables associated with individual photons, or the correlated state describing the two photons, may lead to various nonclassicalities as discussed by the authors.
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In many nonlinear optical problems, for example in down-conversion and four-wave mixing, the photons are generated in pairs The strong correlation between the photons in a pair, characterized by either the correlations between operators corresponding to observables associated with individual photons, or the correlated state describing the two photons, may lead to various nonclassicalities We discuss some of these nonclassical effects and their experimental demonstrations in nonlinear optical processes

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