Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: We provide a quantum description of X waves by considering two different kinds of quantum states of the electromagnetic field whose field amplitude expectation value coincides with a propagation-invariant solution of the Maxwell equation. The difference between the two states is of pure quantum mechanical origin since they are internally entangled and disentangled and can be generated by different linear or nonlinear processes.
Authors: Alessandro Ciattoni, Claudio Conti
Institution: Sapienza University of Rome
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2170730710