Journal of Quantum Optics, Volume. 27, Issue 4, 267(2021)
Two-mode Unitary Phase Operator in Quantum Optics and Its Classical Correspondence
Since the traditional definition of single-mode phase operator is not unitary, we attempt to identify a new definition. In view of the phase measurement is always relative to another reference phase, like the potential energy is always relative to zero-point position, we select to introduce phase operator in two-mode Fock space, which is the concrete way to propose a unitary two-mode phase operator operating on the two-mode entangled state representation. Its eigenvalue is just classical phase, and whose phase angle is the conjugate to photon-difference operator. We also present the number-difference-phase uncertainty relationship as well as Weyl-Wigner classical correspondence of the phase operator, which is the phase exp[iargtanp1+p1q1-q2] in the two variable-pair coordinate-momentum space (q1,p1;q2,p2).
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ZHAN De-hui, FAN Hong-yi. Two-mode Unitary Phase Operator in Quantum Optics and Its Classical Correspondence[J]. Journal of Quantum Optics, 2021, 27(4): 267
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Received: May. 1, 2021
Accepted: Aug. 7, 2025
Published Online: Aug. 7, 2025
The Author Email: ZHAN De-hui (dhzhan@mail.ustc.edu.cn)