Manipulation of photon statistics of highly degenerate chaotic radiation

Highly degenerate chaotic radiation has a Gaussian density matrix and a large occupation number of modes \(f \). If it is passed through a weakly transmitting barrier, its counting statistics is close to Poissonian. We show that a second identical barrier, in series with the first, drastically modif...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2001-07
Main Authors: Kindermann, M, Nazarov, Yu V, Beenakker, C W J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Highly degenerate chaotic radiation has a Gaussian density matrix and a large occupation number of modes \(f \). If it is passed through a weakly transmitting barrier, its counting statistics is close to Poissonian. We show that a second identical barrier, in series with the first, drastically modifies the statistics. The variance of the photocount is increased above the mean by a factor \(f\) times a numerical coefficient. The photocount distribution reaches a limiting form with a Gaussian body and highly asymmetric tails. These are general consequences of the combination of weak transmission and multiple scattering.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0107027