Entanglement and impropriety
Abstract
The relationship between quantum entanglement and classical impropriety is considered in the context of multi-modal squeezed states of light. Replacing operators with complex Gaussian random variables in the Bogoliubov transformations for squeezed states, we find that the resulting transformed variables are not only correlated but also improper. A simple threshold exceedance model of photon detection is considered and used to demonstrate how the behavior of improper Gaussian random variables can mimic that of entangled photon pairs when coincidence post-selection is performed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 23, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1007/s40509-021-00246-w
Entities
People
- Brian R. La Cour
- Thomas W. Yudichak
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research