Phase sensitivity of a quantum Mach-Zehnder interferometer for a coherent state input

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-675

  Kim, Taesoo ^a   Kim, Heonoh ^a,b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE SHIFT; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM THEORY;

COHERENT STATE; DETECTOR EFFICIENCY; HEISENBERG LIMIT; PHASE SENSITIVITY; SUB-SHOT NOISE;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 65249138273     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000671     Document Type: Article

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