NONCLASSICAL INTENSITY CORRELATION FROM A TYPE-I PHASE-MATCHED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR

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作者
LEONG, KW
WONG, NC
SHAPIRO, JH
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[1] Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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10.1364/OL.15.001058
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Signal and idler beams from a type I phase-matched nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator are separated by a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Broadband nonclassical intensity correlation is observed, in agreement with a theory that includes pump noise. The maximum observed correlation, which occurs at 1.1 MHz, yields a noise level 2.8 dB below the shot noise. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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页码:1058 / 1060
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