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Quantum Description of Electromagnetic Waves in Time-Dependent Linear Media

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, , Citation I A Pedrosa 2011 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 306 012074 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/306/1/012074

1742-6596/306/1/012074

Abstract

In this work, we present a quantum description of electromagnetic waves propagating through time-dependent homogeneous nondispersive linear media without sources. By using the Coulomb gauge, we show that this description can be perfomed in terms of a time-dependent quantum harmonic oscillator. In addition, we construct conherent states for the quantized electromagnetic waves and evaluate the quantum fluctuations in coordinate and momentum as well as the uncertainty product for each mode of the electromagnetic field.

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10.1088/1742-6596/306/1/012074