• DocumentCode
    2878515
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628675
  • Filename
    4628675
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2878515