The Photon Wave Function

The Photon Wave Function

X Photon Wave Function

On the Wave Function of the Photon

Two-photon wave mechanics

The position-representation wave function for multi-photon states and its equation of motion are introduced. A major strength of the theory is that it describes the complete evolution (including polarization and entanglement) of multi-photon states propagating through inhomogeneous media. As a demonstration of the two-photon wave function’s use, we show how two photons in an orbitalangular-mome...

Reconstruction of the wave function from the photon number and quantum phase distributions∗

The problem of a reconstruction of relative phases in the one-mode photon wave function from a given photon number distribution and the modulus of the wave function in the phase representation is solved for the case of a finite superposition of Fock states. The solution involves two independent numerical algorithms both based on a Fourier transform from the occupation number representation to t...