Re: QM Measurement Problem

Keith Blow <kb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The conjugate to photon number is phase. This brings up a whole bunch of
problems associated with the fact that the phase is only defined modulo
2pi so the maximum uncertainty is 2pi. Another one is what the
eigenstates are that satisfy the minimum uncertainty condition.

Phase properties of the quantized single-mode electromagnetic field
D. T. Pegg, S. M. Barnett
Phys. Rev. A 39, 1665 - 1675 (1989)
http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v39/i4/p1665_1

On the Hermitian optical phase operator
S. M. Barnett; D. T. Pegg
J. Mod. Opt. 36, 7 (1989)
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713822510

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