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Acta Physica Polonica A

Possibility of Enhancement of Amplitude-Squared Squeezing in Mixing with Coherent Light Beam Using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Devendra Kumar Mishra

Published Nov 1, 2007• 7 citations
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Abstract

Possibility of enhancement of amplitude-squared squeezing for Mach-Zehnder interferometer is investigated and it is found that the maximum amount of amplitude-squared squeezing obtained by the present mixing is not greater than that obtained by Prakash and Mishra.
DOI
10.12693/aphyspola.112.859

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