• DocumentCode
    689789
  • Title

    Surpassing the conventional heisenberg limit using classical resources

  • Author

    Xian-Min Jin ; Lebrat, Martin ; Lijian Zhang ; Kachung Lee ; Bartley, Tim ; Barbieri, Marco ; Nunn, J. ; Datta, Amitava ; Walmsley, Ian A.

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the experimental estimation of the Kerr coefficient of an optical fiber. Using bright classical fields and shot-noise-limited detection, we show the precision scaling of 1/N3/2 in a room-temperature, all-optical system.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical noise; shot noise; 1/N3/2; Kerr coefficient; all-optical system; bright classical fields; classical resources; conventional Heisenberg limit; optical fiber; precision scaling; room-temperature; shot-noise-limited detection; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Estimation; Metrology; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Photonics; Probes; Standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834176