Reduction of quantum noise in the Michelson interferometer by use of squeezed vacuum states

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2716-2721

  Assaf, Ohad ^a   Ben Aryeh, Yacob ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM NOISE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0141676079     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002716     Document Type: Article

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