DocumentCode
1691348
Title
Signal-to-noise ratio enhancement in weak measurement, and its application to observing single-photon-level nonlinearities
Author
Feizpour, Amir ; Xing, Xingxing ; Steinberg, Aephraim M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show theoretically that weak-value amplification can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in the presence of noise with long correlation times, in particular for measurements of single-photon-level nonlinearities.
Keywords
optical Kerr effect; optical noise; quantum optics; correlation times; signal-to-noise ratio; single-photon-level nonlinearities; weak-value amplification; Correlation; Optical noise; Optical variables measurement; Photonics; Probes; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6327088
Link To Document