Observed factorization of excess quantum noise that is due to both polarization and spatial mode nonorthogonality

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1698-1700

  Karman, G P ^a   Lindberg, A M ^a,b   Woerdman, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0041477772     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.001698     Document Type: Article

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