Sub-shot-noise measurement for slight absorption

Science in China, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 534-540

  Wang, Hai ^a   Pan, Qing ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Xue, Chenyang ^a   Xie, Changde ^a   Peng, Kunchi ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Photocorrent fluctuations; Shot noise limit; Signal to noise ratio; Twin beams

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644447373     PISSN: 10069283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02879943     Document Type: Article

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