Title :
Realistic measurement of phase
Author_Institution :
Arbeitsgruppe Nichtlassische Strahlung der Max-Planck-Gessellschaft, Humboldt-Univ., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
One of the most delicate problems in quantum optics is the proper description of the phase of a single-mode radiation field. One has first to devise an experimental scheme for phase measurement, thus giving an operational definition of phase, and afterwards search for the proper quantum-mechanical description of the experimental procedure. Several such schemes which differ distinctly in their experimental setup have already been proposed and even partly realized. In this paper, I will describe them in some detail and present the outlines of their theoretical analysis
Keywords :
optical variables measurement; phase measurement; quantum optics; phase measurement; quantum mechanics; quantum optics; single-mode radiation field; Distribution functions; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Frequency; Gold; Hilbert space; Noise shaping; Optical amplifiers; Phase measurement; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1473-5
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1994.470752
