Title :
Homodyne measurement of average photon number
Author :
Webb, J.G. ; Ralph, T.C. ; Huntington, E.H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll., Centre for Quantum Comput. Technol., Univ. of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
Homodyne measurement of mean photon number within an optical sideband is performed and discussed. Comparison with single photon detector data illustrates the versatility of the technique and supports a quantum mechanical description of vacuum noise.
Keywords :
homodyne detection; optical noise; photon counting; average photon number; homodyne measurement; optical sideband; photon detector; quantum mechanical description; vacuum noise; Detectors; Electric variables measurement; Elementary particle vacuum; Frequency measurement; Noise measurement; Optical computing; Optical noise; Photonics Society; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; (030.5260) Photon Counting; (270.5570) Quantum Detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628675
