Back-action evading measurements of an optical field using parametric down Conversion

A. La Porta, R. E. Slusher, B. Yurke

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Abstract

A simple experimental arrangement demonstrates back-action evasion of noise in a quantum measurement of an optical field. Correlation between the photocurrents from a measured signal beam and a measurement readout beam is 0.6 dB below the shot-noise limit. The measurement is accomplished by use of a single-pass parametric down-conversion process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)28-31
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume62
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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