866 research outputs found
Spatial entanglement of twin quantum images
We show that spatial entanglement of two twin images obtained by parametric
down-conversion is complete, i.e. concerns both amplitude and phase. This is
realised through a homodyne detection of these images which allows for
measurement of the field quadrature components. EPR correlations are shown to
exist between symmetrical pixels of the two images. The best possible
correlation is obtained by adjusting the phase of the local oscillator field
(LO) in the area of maximal amplification. The results for quadrature
components hold unchanged even in absence of any input image i.e. for pure
parametric fluorescence. In this case they are not related to intensity and
phase fluctuations.Comment: 19 pages, 2 figure
Quantum correlations of two optical fields close to electromagnetically induced transparency
We show that three-level atoms excited by two cavity modes in a
configuration close to electromagnetically induced transparency can produce
strongly squeezed bright beams or correlated beams which can be used for
quantum non demolition measurements. The input intensity is the experimental
"knob" for tuning the system into a squeezer or a quantum non demolition
device. The quantum correlations become ideal at a critical point characterized
by the appearance of a switching behavior in the mean fields intensities. Our
predictions, based on a realistic fully quantum 3-level model including cavity
losses and spontaneous emission, allow direct comparison with future
experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Fluctuations and correlations in hexagonal optical patterns
We analyze the influence of noise in transverse hexagonal patterns in
nonlinear Kerr cavities. The near field fluctuations are determined by the
neutrally stable Goldstone modes associated to translational invariance and by
the weakly damped soft modes. However these modes do not contribute to the far
field intensity fluctuations which are dominated by damped perturbations with
the same wave vectors than the pattern. We find strong correlations between the
intensity fluctuations of any arbitrary pair of wave vectors of the pattern.
Correlation between pairs forming 120 degrees is larger than between pairs
forming 180 degrees, contrary to what a naive interpretation of emission in
terms of twin photons would suggest.Comment: 10 pages, 13 figure
Backscattering Differential Ghost Imaging in Turbid Media
In this Letter we present experimental results concerning the retrieval of
images of absorbing objects immersed in turbid media via differential ghost
imaging (DGI) in a backscattering configuration. The method has been applied,
for the first time to our knowledge, to the imaging of small thin black objects
located at different depths inside a turbid solution of polystyrene nanospheres
and its performances assessed via comparison with standard imaging techniques.
A simple theoretical model capable of describing the basic optics of DGI in
turbid media is proposed.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Cavity Light Bullets: 3D Localized Structures in a Nonlinear Optical Resonator
We consider the paraxial model for a nonlinear resonator with a saturable
absorber beyond the mean-field limit and develop a method to study the
modulational instabilities leading to pattern formation in all three spatial
dimensions. For achievable parametric domains we observe total radiation
confinement and the formation of 3D localised bright structures. At difference
from freely propagating light bullets, here the self-organization proceeds from
the resonator feedback, combined with diffraction and nonlinearity. Such
"cavity" light bullets can be independently excited and erased by appropriate
pulses, and once created, they endlessly travel the cavity roundtrip. Also, the
pulses can shift in the transverse direction, following external field
gradients.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, simulations files available at
http://www.ba.infn.it/~maggipin/PRLmovies.htm, submitted to Physical Review
Letters on 24 March 200
Probabilistic Approach to Pattern Selection
The problem of pattern selection arises when the evolution equations have
many solutions, whereas observed patterns constitute a much more restricted
set. An approach is advanced for treating the problem of pattern selection by
defining the probability distribution of patterns. Then the most probable
pattern naturally corresponds to the largest probability weight. This approach
provides the ordering principle for the multiplicity of solutions explaining
why some of them are more preferable than other. The approach is applied to
solving the problem of turbulent photon filamentation in resonant media.Comment: LaTex, 22 page
Noise and Order in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
In this paper we investigate the various aspects of noise and order in the
micromaser system. In particular, we study the effect of adding fluctuations to
the atom cavity transit time or to the atom-photon frequency detuning. By
including such noise-producing mechanisms we study the probability and the
joint probability for excited atoms to leave the cavity. The influence of such
fluctuations on the phase structure of the micromaser as well as on the
long-time atom correlation length is also discussed. We also derive the
asymptotic form of micromaser observables.Comment: 31 pages and 8 figure
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