Photon number superselection and the entangled coherent state representation
Abstract
We introduce the entangled coherent state representation, which provides a powerful new technique for efficiently and elegantly describing and analyzing quantum optics sources and detectors whilst respecting the photon number superselection rule that is satisfied by all known quantum optics experiments. We apply the entangled coherent state representation to elucidate and resolve the longstanding puzzles of the coherence of a laser output field, interference between two number states, and dichotomous interpretations of quantum teleportation of coherent states.Keywords
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