Quantum noise in optical fibers. I. Stochastic equations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-152

  Drummond, P D ^a   Corney, J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM OPTICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

QUANTUM NOISE;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0035589979     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000139     Document Type: Article

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