Second Harmonic Revisited: An Analytic Quantum Approach

Autor: Giovanni Chesi, Matteo M. Wauters, Nadir Fasola, Alessia Allevi, Maria Bondani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 1690 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app9081690
Popis: We address the second-harmonic generation process in a quantum frame. Starting with a perturbative approach, we show that it is possible to achieve a number of analytic results, ranging from the up-conversion probability to the statistical properties of the generated light. In particular, the moments and the correlations of the photon-number distribution of the second-harmonic light generated by any initial state are retrieved. When possible, a comparison with the results achieved with the classical regime is successfully provided. The nonclassicality of some benchmark states is investigated by inspecting the corresponding autocorrelation function.
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