Measurement of the quantum states of squeezed light

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6632, 1997, Pages 471-475

  Breitenbach, G ^a   Schiller, S ^a   Mlynek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

DENSITY MATRIX; OPTICAL HOMODYNE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; PHASE SPACE DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM STATES; SQUEEZED LIGHT; WIGNER FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 1842364937     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387471a0     Document Type: Article

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