Nonclassicality criteria: Quasiprobability distributions and correlation functions

Abstract

We use the exact calculation of the quantum mechanical, temporal characteristic function $\chi(\eta)$ and the degree of second-order coherence $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ for a single-mode, degenerate parametric amplifier for a system in the Gaussian state, viz., a displaced-squeezed thermal state, to study the different criteria for nonclassicality. In particular, we contrast criteria that involve only one-time functions of the dynamical system, for instance, the quasiprobability distribution $P(\beta)$ of the Glauber-Sudarshan coherent or P-representation of the density of state and the Mandel $Q_{M}(\tau)$ parameter, versus the criteria associated with the two-time correlation function $g^{(2)}(\tau)$.