Title :
Quantum interference of phase-locked twin beams
Author :
Pfister, Olivier ; Feng, Sheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA
Abstract :
We report the first measurement of the quantum phase-difference noise of an optical parametric oscillator phase-locked at frequency degeneracy. This provides indirect evidence for twin-beam Heisenberg-limited interferometry and constitutes a milestone towards bright-beam continuous-variable entanglement
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical parametric oscillators; phase locked loops; phase measurement; quantum entanglement; quantum interference phenomena; quantum noise; quantum optics; Heisenberg-limited interferometry; bright-beam entanglement; continuous-variable entanglement; frequency degeneracy; optical parametric oscillator; phase-locked beams; quantum interference; quantum phase-difference noise; twin beams;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4