QUANTUM SOLITONS IN OPTICAL FIBERS

被引:214
作者
DRUMMOND, PD
SHELBY, RM
FRIBERG, SR
YAMAMOTO, Y
机构
[1] IBM CORP, ALMADEN RES CTR, SAN JOSE, CA 95120 USA
[2] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, BASIC RES LABS, MUSASHINO, TOKYO 180, JAPAN
[3] STANFORD UNIV, EDWARD L GINZTON LAB, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
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D O I
10.1038/365307a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The quantum-mechanical properties of long-lived optical pulses known as solitons have recently been studied theoretically and observed experimentally. These experiments suggest effective ways of reducing quantum noise in signal transmission and of performing quantum-mechanical non-demolition measurements without destroying the signal.
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