The Weyl -- Wigner -- Moyal Formalism on a Discrete Phase Space. II. The Photon Wigner Function

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12833v1
• Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:48:53 GMT
• Title: The Weyl -- Wigner -- Moyal Formalism on a Discrete Phase Space. II. The Photon Wigner Function
• Authors: Maciej Przanowski, Jaromir Tosiek and Francisco J. Turrubiates
• Abstract summary: Then quantum point of view at photons -- construction and interpretation of photon wave function is proposed. A photon Wigner function is built.
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• Abstract: Classical model of light in helicity formalism is presented. Then quantum point of view at photons -- construction and interpretation of photon wave function is proposed. Quantum mechanics of photon is investigated. The Bia\l ynicki -- Birula scalar product $\langle {\bf \Psi}_{1}|{\bf \Psi}_{2}\rangle_{BB}$ and the generalized Hermitian conjugation $\widehat{\gamma}^{+\hspace{-0.45em}+}$ of linear operator $\widehat{\gamma}$ are discussed. Quantum description of light on a phase space is developed. A photon Wigner function is built.

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