ON THE QUANTUM LIMIT OF LASER-AMPLIFIER DETECTORS

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KARLSSON, A
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[1] Laboratory of Photonics and Microwave Engineering, Department of Electronics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Electrum 229
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10.1109/3.400399
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The quantum limit of a laser amplifier used as a detector is calculated, It is shown that the amplified output can be quantum correlated to the detector readout, However, as an information tap, the amplifying detector is no better than a lossless linear beamsplitter due to the added spontaneous emission noise.
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