tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post748451545170946581..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Light Shows Non-Classical Properties, But I Don't Get ItZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-85002606844833079032012-06-07T11:41:08.880-05:002012-06-07T11:41:08.880-05:00Here's a recent paper on this for synchrotron ...Here's a recent paper on this for synchrotron radiation:<br />http://prst-ab.aps.org/abstract/PRSTAB/v15/i5/e050703<br />However, its not dealing with single photon states...<br />so I'd have to say I'm also still a little confused.Boazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155550486435568853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-58658557724802546452012-06-07T11:36:50.675-05:002012-06-07T11:36:50.675-05:00I didn't read the paper yet, but I've been...I didn't read the paper yet, but I've been trying to understand the use of Wigner functions in describing x-rays in synchrotron radiation facilities. I asked this question on Stack Exchange. Maybe the answers will be useful to you also. (I think Peter gave one of them!)<br />http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/16400/interpretation-of-wigner-function-in-opticsBoazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155550486435568853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-71477090979617614232012-06-07T11:29:41.398-05:002012-06-07T11:29:41.398-05:00I suppose that is the possible connection. I need ...I suppose that is the possible connection. I need to digest this a bit more.<br /><br />Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-37811150378680769072012-06-07T09:54:59.156-05:002012-06-07T09:54:59.156-05:00From page 3, "The equivalence
between a singl...From page 3, "The equivalence<br />between a single mode electromagnetic field and a harmonic oscillator allows us to describe the EM field by a phase space of a single degree of freedom." The electric field is generally taken to be the canonical momentum for the gauge-dependent electromagnetic potential, but one can also work with the nontrivial commutation relations of the observable fields, E and B. Use of a single mode, both in frequency and polarization, keeps things relatively simple, in the usual quantum optics fashion.<br /><br />How does that seem?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654675777726560464noreply@blogger.com