Propagation of nonclassical optical radiation through a semiconductor slab
Abstract
Based on a microscopic derivation of the emission spectra of a bulk semiconductor, we arrive at a clear physical interpretation of the noise current operators in macroscopic quantum electrodynamics. This opens the possibility to study medium effects on nonclassical radiation propagating through an absorbing or amplifying semiconductor. As an example, the propagation of an incident squeezed vacuum is analyzed.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- September 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.033837
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0802.2777
- Bibcode:
- 2008PhRvA..78c3837V
- Keywords:
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- 42.50.Ct;
- 42.50.Nn;
- 78.20.-e;
- 78.66.-w;
- Quantum description of interaction of light and matter;
- related experiments;
- Quantum optical phenomena in absorbing dispersive and conducting media;
- Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films;
- Optical properties of specific thin films;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 figures