Conceptions of quantum optical phase
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physica Scripta
- Vol. T48, 13-21
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/1993/t48/002
Abstract
Much confusion has resulted from the failure to recognise the different concepts embodied in the single word "phase" as applied to a quantized electromagnetic field mode. In this paper we describe three conceptions of phase and the connections between them.Keywords
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