Experimental investigation of the intensity fluctuation joint probability and conditional distributions of the twin-beam quantum state

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-19

  Zhang, Yun ^a   Kasai, Katsuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Masayoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

PHOTON STATISTICS; SQUEEZED STATES; TWIN BEAM QUANTUM STATE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 1642404497     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.000014     Document Type: Article

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