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Optics Express

| THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF OPTICS

  • Editor: J. H. Eberly
  • Vol. 1, Iss. 1 — Jul. 7, 1997
  • pp: 21–31

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From quantum to classical images

Alessandra Gatti, Luigi Lugiato, Gian-Luca Oppo, Richard Martin, Paolo Di Trapani, and A. Berzanskis

Optics Express, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 21-31        doi:10.1364/OE.1.000021

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  • OCIS Codes:
  • (190.4420) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in
  • (270.2500) Quantum optics : Fluctuations, relaxations, and noise

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Alessandra Gatti, Luigi Lugiato, Gian-Luca Oppo, Richard Martin, Paolo Di Trapani, and A. Berzanskis, "From quantum to classical images," Opt. Express 1, 21-31 (1997)
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Abstract

We display the results of the numerical simulations of a set of Langevin equations, which describe the dynamics of a degenerate optical parametric oscillator in the Wigner representation. The scan of the threshold region shows the gradual transformation of a quantum image into a classical roll pattern. An experiment on parametric down-conversion in lithium triborate shows strikingly similar results in both the near and the far field, displaying qualitatively the classical features of quantum images. c 1997 Optical Society of America

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History
Original Manuscript: June 25, 1997
Revised Manuscript: June 25, 1997
Published: July 7, 1997

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Author Affiliations

Luigi Lugiato

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica per la Materia

A. Berzanskis

Tech. Univ. of Jena

Alessandra Gatti

Univ. Degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Paolo Di Trapani

Univ. di Milano

Gian-Luca Oppo, Richard Martin

Univ. of Strathclyde

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