Single-beam noise characteristics of quantum-correlated twin beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1044-1049

  Zhang, Yun ^a   Kasai, Katsuyuki ^a   Hayasaka, Kazuhiro ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM OPTICS; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

INTENSITY NOISE SPECTRA; PUMP POWER; QUANTUM CORRELATED TWIN BEAMS; RELAXATION FREQUENCY; SINGLE BEAM NOISE CHARACTERISTICS; SLOPE CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 3142744236     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001044     Document Type: Article

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