The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight
What light is and how to describe it has always been a central subject in physics. As our understanding has increased, so have our theories changed: geometrical optics, wave optics and quantum optics are increasingly sophisticated descriptions, each referring to a larger class of phenomena than its...
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| author | Yakir Aharonov Alonso Botero Shmuel Nussinov Sandu Popescu Jeff Tollaksen Lev Vaidman |
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| description | What light is and how to describe it has always been a central subject in physics. As our understanding has increased, so have our theories changed: geometrical optics, wave optics and quantum optics are increasingly sophisticated descriptions, each referring to a larger class of phenomena than its predecessor. But how exactly are these theories related? How and when wave optics reduces to geometric optics is a rather simple problem. Similarly, how quantum optics reduces to wave optics has also been considered to be a very simple business. It is not so. As we show here the classical limit of quantum optics is a far more complicated issue; it is in fact dramatically more involved and it requires a complete revision of all our intuitions. The revised intuitions can then serve as a guide to finding novel quantum effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11d3cfb2787940549ce43492861eb5422023-08-08T11:29:49ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302013-01-0115909300610.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093006The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sightYakir Aharonov0Alonso Botero1Shmuel Nussinov2Sandu Popescu3Jeff Tollaksen4Lev Vaidman5School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel; Institute of Quantum Studies and Faculty of Physics, Chapman University , 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USADepartamento de Fisica, Universidad de Los Andes , Bogotá, ColombiaSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, IsraelH H Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol , Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UKInstitute of Quantum Studies and Faculty of Physics, Chapman University , 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USASchool of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel; Institute of Quantum Studies and Faculty of Physics, Chapman University , 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USAWhat light is and how to describe it has always been a central subject in physics. As our understanding has increased, so have our theories changed: geometrical optics, wave optics and quantum optics are increasingly sophisticated descriptions, each referring to a larger class of phenomena than its predecessor. But how exactly are these theories related? How and when wave optics reduces to geometric optics is a rather simple problem. Similarly, how quantum optics reduces to wave optics has also been considered to be a very simple business. It is not so. As we show here the classical limit of quantum optics is a far more complicated issue; it is in fact dramatically more involved and it requires a complete revision of all our intuitions. The revised intuitions can then serve as a guide to finding novel quantum effects.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093006 |
| spellingShingle | Yakir Aharonov Alonso Botero Shmuel Nussinov Sandu Popescu Jeff Tollaksen Lev Vaidman The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight New Journal of Physics |
| title | The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight |
| title_full | The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight |
| title_fullStr | The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight |
| title_full_unstemmed | The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight |
| title_short | The classical limit of quantum optics: not what it seems at first sight |
| title_sort | classical limit of quantum optics not what it seems at first sight |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093006 |
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