Numerical simulation of linear and nonlinear quantum optics as a design tool for free-space quantum communications and quantum imaging

Ronald E. Meyers; Keith S. Deacon; D. Rosen

doi:10.1117/12.451058

9 December 2002 Numerical simulation of linear and nonlinear quantum optics as a design tool for free-space quantum communications and quantum imaging

Ronald E. Meyers, Keith S. Deacon, D. Rosen

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Proceedings Volume 4821, Free-Space Laser Communication and Laser Imaging II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.451058
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

A new quantum optics tool for simulating quantum probability density functions resulting from the linear and nonlinear interaction of photons with atoms and with other photons is developed and presented. It can be used to design and simulate quantum optics experiments used in quantum communications, quantum computing, and quantum imaging. Examples of a photon interacting with linears systems of mirrors and beamsplitters are simulated. Nonlinear simulations of the interaction of three photons resulting in photon momentum entanglement is presented. The wavefunction is expanded in Fock states. Fock states cannot be represented by classical modeling and therefore, the results of our modeling can in general represent phenomena in both the linear and nonlinear cases which cannot be modeled by classical linear optics. The modeling presented here is more general than the classical linear optics. Models of atmospheric turbulence and their simulations are presented and demonstrate the potential for first principles physics quantum optics simulations through turbulence in realistic environments.

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Ronald E. Meyers, Keith S. Deacon, and D. Rosen "Numerical simulation of linear and nonlinear quantum optics as a design tool for free-space quantum communications and quantum imaging", Proc. SPIE 4821, Free-Space Laser Communication and Laser Imaging II, (9 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.451058

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