Title :
Observing the conditional decoherence of a mixed state of light
Author :
Assmann, Marc ; Kira, M. ; Cundiff, S.T.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a method to capture the temporal evolution of a light field using continuous-variable conditional two-time Wigner functions. Reference beams with fixed phase relationship to the signal are not required.
Keywords :
homodyne detection; laser beams; conditional decoherence; continuous-variable conditional two-time Wigner functions; homodyne detection; laser beams; light field; mixed light state; temporal evolution; Delays; Lasers; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
