Path Integral Approach to Input-Output Theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07563v1
• Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:03:09 GMT
• Title: Path Integral Approach to Input-Output Theory
• Authors: Aaron Daniel, Matteo Brunelli, Aashish A. Clerk, Patrick P. Potts,
• Abstract summary: We present an approach to input-output theory using the Schwinger-Keldysh path integral formalism.<n>By making the rich toolbox of non-equilibrium quantum field theory accessible, our formalism greatly simplifies the treatment of nonlinear systems.
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• Abstract: Input-output theory is a well-known tool in quantum optics and ubiquitous in the description of quantum systems probed by light. Owing to the generality of the setup it describes, the theory finds application in a wide variety of experiments in circuit and cavity QED. We present an approach to input-output theory using the Schwinger-Keldysh path integral formalism that gives us direct access to the full output field statistics such as the first and second order coherence functions. By making the rich toolbox of non-equilibrium quantum field theory accessible, our formalism greatly simplifies the treatment of nonlinear systems and provides a uniform way of obtaining perturbative results. We showcase this particular strength by computing the output field statistics of a Kerr nonlinear oscillator at finite temperatures through the use of diagrams and diagram summation techniques. We find a reduction in reflection that is not due to photon leakage but rather associated to the squeezing of the output light.

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