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Interferometric Measurements Beyond the Shot-Noise Limit

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Squeezed and Nonclassical Light

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The ultimate performance in the measurement of very small optical phase shifts is currently of great interest, due to the realization of extremely sensitive interferometric devices, such as gravitational wave antennas1, laser gyroscopes2, or interferometric electro-optic sensors for measuring small voltage or charge densities in semiconductors3,4. These devices can already operate at the so-called “shot-noise limit” (SNL); i.e., the noise in the measurement of a phase shift ø is due to the quantum fluctuations of the light which are injected in the interferometer.

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  1. P. Grangier

    Present address: Institut d’Optique, BP 43, F 91496, Orsay, Cédex, France

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  1. La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

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  2. Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Great Malvern, UK

    E. R. Pike

  3. King’s College, London, UK

    E. R. Pike

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Grangier, P., Slusher, R.E., Yurke, B., La Porta, A. (1989). Interferometric Measurements Beyond the Shot-Noise Limit. In: Tombesi, P., Pike, E.R. (eds) Squeezed and Nonclassical Light. NATO ASI Series, vol 190. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6574-8_19

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