Number-phase uncertainty relations: Verification by balanced homodyne measurement

被引:14
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作者
Opatrny, T
Dakna, M
Welsch, DG
机构
[1] Univ Jena, Inst Theoret Phys, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[2] Palacky Univ, Dept Theoret Phys, Olomouc 77146, Czech Republic
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1998年 / 57卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.57.2129
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
It is shown that fundamental uncertainty relations between photon number and canonical phase of a single-mode optical field can be verified by means of a balanced homodyne measurement. All the relevant quantities can be sampled directly from the measured phase-dependent quadrature distribution.
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页码:2129 / 2133
页数:5
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