Spontaneous generation of photons in transmission of quantum fields in PT-symmetric optical systems Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We develop a rigorous, mathematically consistent description of PT-symmetric optical systems by using second quantization. We demonstrate the possibility of significant spontaneous generation of photons in PT-symmetric systems. Further, we show the emergence of Hanbury Brown-Twiss correlations in spontaneous generation. We show that the spontaneous generation determines decisively the nonclassical nature of fields in PT-symmetric systems. Our work can be applied to other systems, such as plasmonic structures, where losses are compensated by gain mechanisms. 2012 American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Physical Review A

author list (cited authors)

  • Agarwal, G. S., & Qu, K.

citation count

  • 68

complete list of authors

  • Agarwal, GS||Qu, Kenan

publication date

  • March 2012