Thermo-vacuum state in a negative binomial optical field and its application

Abstract

The core of optical field theory at finite temperature is how to introduce the thermo-vacuum state which is the basis of comprehensive investigation of electromagnetic field by virtue of quantum statistic method. Based on the spirit of thermo-field dynamics initiated by Takahashi and Umezawa, we first employ the integration method within the ordered product of operators to search for thermo-vacuum state for the optical negative binomial state (NBS)s=s+1(1-)n|n,+,+,which takes the form of pure negative binomial state. The newly found thermo-vacuum state brings convenience for evaluating the Wigner function of NBS and the fluctuation of photon numbers in NBS.