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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Optical back-action-evading amplifiers

Bernard Yurke

Published May 1, 1985• 149 citations
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Abstract

A variety of optical back-action-evading amplification schemes are presented. Such amplifiers allow one to measure the amplitude of one component of an optical field mode without disturbing that component.
DOI
10.1364/josab.2.000732

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