QUANTUM-NONDEMOLITION MEASUREMENT OF PHOTON NUMBER USING RADIATION PRESSURE

被引:91
作者
JACOBS, K
TOMBESI, P
COLLETT, MJ
WALLS, DF
机构
[1] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[2] UNIV COLORADO, JOINT INST LAB ASTROPHYS, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1994年 / 49卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.49.1961
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose a quantum-nondemolition measurement of the amplitude quadrature and the photon-number statistics by using the effect of radiation pressure on a freely suspended mirror. We propose to measure the momentum fluctuations of the mirror which will give us a readout of the amplitude quadrature fluctuations. The scheme we propose is able to avoid the back-action noise leaving the state of the field after the measurement practically undegraded.
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页码:1961 / 1966
页数:6
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