title: Not-so-normal mode decomposition.
abstract: We provide a generalization of the normal mode decomposition for nonsymmetric or locality constrained situations. This allows, for instance, to locally decouple a bipartitioned collection of arbitrarily correlated oscillators up to elementary pairs into which all correlations are condensed. Similarly, it enables us to decouple the interaction parts of multimode channels into single-mode and pair interactions where the latter are shown to be a clear signature of squeezing between system and environment. In mathematical terms the result is a canonical matrix form with respect to real symplectic equivalence transformations.
authors: Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
authors: Michael M
authors: MM
authors: Wolf