COMPTON-SCATTERING OF ELECTRONS FROM OPTICAL PULSES FOR QUANTUM-NONDEMOLITION MEASUREMENTS

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FRIBERG, SR [1 ]
HAWKINS, RJ [1 ]
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[1] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 USA
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10.1364/JOSAB.12.000166
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Compton scattering of electrons from photons destroys neither electrons nor photons, permitting quantum nondemoliton measurements of the photon number. Here we consider a Compton scattering quantum nondemolition measurement of the photon number of an optical pulse traveling in a prepared optical fiber. A beam of electrons is directed through the evanescent field associated with the optical pulse, causing the electrons to scatter through an angle proportional to the pulse's photon number.
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