Statistical properties of thermal radiation in a Kerr nonlinear blackbody

We study the statistical properties of thermal radiation in a Kerr nonlinear blackbody in which bare photons with opposite wave vectors and helities are bound into pairs and unpaired photons are transformed into a different kind of quasiparticle, the nonpolariton. This paper investigates the statist...

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Published in:Optics communications 2008-12, Vol.281 (24), p.6028-6033
Main Authors: Wu, Zixia, Cheng, Ze, Ping, Yunxia, Yin, Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonclassical depth
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinearity
Nonpolariton
Optical sources and standards
Optics
Photon-pair
Physics
Quantum optics
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Summary:We study the statistical properties of thermal radiation in a Kerr nonlinear blackbody in which bare photons with opposite wave vectors and helities are bound into pairs and unpaired photons are transformed into a different kind of quasiparticle, the nonpolariton. This paper investigates the statistical properties of the photon blackbody field by using the second-order correlation function, the phase space distribution function, the photon number distribution and the nonclassical depth. The numerical computation and a discussion of the results are present.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2008.08.031