Generation of squeezing in higher order Hermite-Gaussian modes with an optical parametric amplifier

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lassen, M ^a,b   Delaubert, V ^a,c   Harb, C C ^a,d   Lam, P K ^a   Treps, N ^c   Bachor, H A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

And quantum jumps; Imaging and optical processing; Nonclassical field states; Quantum fluctuations; Quantum noise; Quantum optics

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; QUANTUM NOISE; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LIGHTS; HERMITE GAUSSIAN MODES; IMAGING AND OPTICAL PROCESSING; NON-CLASSICAL FIELD STATE; QUANTUM CORRELATIONS; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM JUMPS; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84887178480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2006.06003     Document Type: Article

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