• DocumentCode
    1770040
  • Title

    Direct and ultrabroadband detection of the vacuum field

  • Author

    Riek, C. ; Schmidt, J. ; Eckart, S. ; Seletskiy, D.V. ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Electro-optic sampling at center frequency and bandwidth around 70 THz allows measuring the vacuum fluctuations of the electric field in free space. Distinction from detector shot noise is accomplished by modifying the space-time volume probed.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; optical noise; optical variables measurement; photodetectors; quantum optics; shot noise; electric field; electro-optic sampling; photodetector; shot noise; space-time volume probe modification; ultrabroadband vacuum field detection; vacuum fluctuation measurement; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Excitons; Photonics; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988702