Semiclassical Theory of Light Detection in the Presence of Feedback
- 17 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (11), 1136-1139
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1136
Abstract
The usual open-loop semiclassical theory of light detection is extended to include closed-loop operation in which there is feedback from the detector to the source. The revised theory takes the form of a self-exciting point process. It admits photocount statistics that are associated with non-classical light in open-loop configurations, e.g., sub-shot-noise spectra and sub-Poisson photocounts. The extended theory is used to explain two recent closed-loop experiments in which sub-Poisson photocount statistics were produced.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Analysis of a method for the generation of light with sub-poissonian photon statisticsOptics Communications, 1985
- Sub-Poisson light generation by selective deletion from cascaded atomic emissionsOptics Communications, 1985
- Role of primary excitation statistics in the generation of antibunched and sub-Poisson lightJournal of the Optical Society of America B, 1984
- Optical communication with two-photon coherent states--Part III: Quantum measurements realizable with photoemissive detectorsIEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 1980
- Optical communication with two-photon coherent states--Part II: Photoemissive detection and structured receiver performanceIEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 1979
- Observation of dead-time-modified photocounting distributions for modulated laser radiationJournal of the Optical Society of America, 1978
- Dead-time-corrected photocounting distributions for laser radiation*Journal of the Optical Society of America, 1975
- Coherent and Incoherent States of the Radiation FieldPhysical Review B, 1963
- The Quantum Theory of Optical CoherencePhysical Review B, 1963
- Fluctuations of Photon Beams: The Distribution of the Photo-ElectronsProceedings of the Physical Society, 1959