Light amplification without stimulated emission: Beyond the standard quantum limit to the laser linewidth

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 4083-4093

  Wiseman, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0000249246     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.4083     Document Type: Article

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