Sub-shot-noise frequency-modulation spectroscopy by use of amplitude-squeezed light from semiconductor lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-279

  Kasapi, Steven ^a,b   Lathi, Seema ^a,b   Yamamoto, Yoshihisa ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

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EID: 0034394615     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.000275     Document Type: Article

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