Quantum metrology with parametric amplifier-based photon correlation interferometers

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hudelist, F ^a   Kong, Jia ^a   Liu, Cunjin ^a   Jing, Jietai ^a   Ou, Z Y ^a,b   Zhang, Weiping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRON; INTERFEROMETER; METEOROLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERFEROMETER; NOISE REDUCTION; PHOTON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84904580046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4049     Document Type: Article

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