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View SchemaQuantum interference of ultrastable twin optical beams
| Authors | Sheng Feng, Olivier Pfister |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0310002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0310002 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.203601 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203601 (2004) |
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the quantum phase-difference noise of an ultrastable nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator that emits twin beams classically phase-locked at exact frequency degeneracy. The measurement illustrates the property of a lossless balanced beam-splitter to convert number-difference squeezing into phase-difference squeezing and, thus, provides indirect evidence for Heisenberg-limited interferometry using twin beams. This experiment is a generalization of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference effect for continuous variables and constitutes a milestone towards continuous-variable entanglement of bright, ultrastable nondegenerate beams.
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