Nonclassicality of vortex Airy beams in the Wigner representation

Journal Article · Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.043846· OSTI ID:22093402

Ruipin, Chen ^[1]; Ooi, C. H. Raymond ^[2]

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1. School of Sciences, Zhejiang A and F University, Lin'an, Zhejiang Province 311300 (China)
2. Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

The Wigner distribution function (WDF) of a vortex Airy beam is calculated analytically. The WDF provides intuitive pictures of the intriguing features of vorticity in phase space. The nonclassical property of the vortex Airy beam and the Airy beam is analyzed through the negative parts of the WDF. The study shows that destructive interference of certain classical waves can mimic nonclassical lights such as those due to quantum effects.

• OSTI ID: 22093402
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AIRY FUNCTIONS
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
INTERFERENCE
PHASE SPACE
QUANTUM MECHANICS
VISIBLE RADIATION
VORTICES
WIGNER DISTRIBUTION