GENERATION OF TWIN PHOTON BEAMS IN A RING 4-WAVE MIXING OSCILLATOR

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VALLET, M
PINARD, M
GRYNBERG, G
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1990年 / 11卷 / 08期
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10.1209/0295-5075/11/8/008
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We show that a ring four-wave mixing oscillator operating above threshold can generate twin photon beams. The experiment is done with sodium vapour and the output power of the oscillator is of the order of a few milliwatts. The noise power measured on the intensity difference between the two generated beams exhibits a quantum noise reduction of 10%. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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