Quantum nondemolition measurement of photon number via optical Kerr effect in an ultra-high- Q microtoroid cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 21462-21475

  Xiao, Yun Feng ^a   Özdemir, Şahin Kaya ^a,b,c   Gaddam, Venkat ^a   Dong, Chun Hua ^a   Imoto, Nobuyuki ^b   Yang, Lan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; MICROCAVITIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; QND MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM NONDEMOLITION MEASUREMENTS; QUANTUM PHYSICS; TOROIDAL MICROCAVITY;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 58149234964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.021462     Document Type: Article

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