T Opatrny 1994 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 27 7201 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/27/21/034
Mean value and uncertainty of optical phase-a simple mechanical analogy
T Opatrny
Show affiliationsThere exist several definitions of the mean value and the phase uncertainty of an optical field. We show that one of these definitions is especially simple and intuitive because of its mechanical analogy. On this basis, we also derive the summation rule and the Tchebyshev inequality for random angular and phase variables and a number-phase uncertainty relation.
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Issue 21 (7 November 1994)
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Mean value and uncertainty of optical phase-a simple mechanical analogy
T Opatrny 1994 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 27 7201
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