Coherent nonlinear optical spectroscopy using photon-number squeezed light

被引:19
作者
Kilper, DC [1 ]
Schaefer, AC [1 ]
Erland, J [1 ]
Steel, DG [1 ]
机构
[1] AARHUS UNIV, AARHUS, DENMARK
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.54.R1785
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Using coherent nonlinear optical spectroscopy below the band edge of a GaAs/Al0.3Ga1-0.3As multiple quantum well, photon-number squeezed light generated by a quantum-well laser is used to resolve the exciton resonances and the Urbach tail with detection sensitivity below the semiclassical shot-noise limit. The effect of polarization-dependent noise in the nonclassical probe field is also investigated.
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页码:R1785 / R1788
页数:4
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