Abstract
The degenerate parametric oscillator operating above threshold exhibits bistability, and recent work suggests that it might also exist as a quantum-superposition state. We calculate the effect of the bistability on the two-time correlation function and the transmitted-field spectrum. The measurable steady-state probability distribution at the output of a homodyne detector is also calculated in a particular limit, in order to investigate whether one can experimentally distinguish between quantum-superposition and classical states.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4131-4137 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |