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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

High-stability Time-domain Balanced Homodyne Detector for Ultrafast Optical Pulse Applications

Merlin Cooper, Christoph Soeller, Brian J. Smith

Published Jan 1, 2012• 8 citations
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Abstract

We present a broadband high-efficiency balanced homodyne detector exhibiting unparalleled stability and signal-to-noise characteristics. Quantum state tomography of a weak coherent state demonstrates the detector capability in the quantum regime.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2012.qtu3e.5

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