Quantum-inspired interferometry with chirped laser pulses

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 864-868

  Kaltenbaek, R ^a   Lavoie, J ^a   Biggerstaff, D N ^a   Resch, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

CHIRPED FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; CHIRPED LASER PULSE; CLASSICAL THEORY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM INTERFEROMETER; QUANTUM METROLOGY;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 55549124831     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1093     Document Type: Article

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