TY - JOUR AU - Luis Aina, Alfredo AU - Sánchez Soto, Luis Lorenzo PY - 1993 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.48.4702 SN - 1050-2947 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59792 T2 - Physical review A AB - We introduce a unitary operator representing the exponential of the phase difference between two modes of the electromagnetic field. The eigenvalue spectrum has a discrete character that is fully analyzed. We relate this operator with a suitable polar... LA - eng M2 - 4702 PB - American Physical Society KW - 2-photon quantum optics KW - Homodyne detection KW - States KW - Formalism KW - Number KW - Noise KW - Su(2) TI - Phase-difference operator TY - journal article VL - 48 ER -