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Decoherence of a One-Photon Packet in an Imperfect Optical Fiber

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The Liouville equation describing the time development of the density matrix of a single-photon packet propagating in an optical fiber is investigated. The Hamiltonian of the dynamic system and the relaxation operator depend on the phenomenological parameters: chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, polarization mode loss, and differential group delay. The patterns of distortion of a quantum packet are compared to the laws known from classical representations.

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    G. P. Miroshnichenko

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Miroshnichenko, G.P. Decoherence of a One-Photon Packet in an Imperfect Optical Fiber. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 82, 1550–1555 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873818120146

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