Quantum noise in optical parametric amplification: a means to achieve noiseless optical functions
Juan Ariel Levenson, Kamel Bencheikh, D. J. Lovering +2 more
We describe some limitations of the noise performance of classical optical devices which are directly related to the Poissonian statistics associated with ordinary laser beams. We show that quantum optics, via optical parametric amplification, allows us to circumvent these limitations in order to realize certain noiseless optical functions such as amplification, duplication, detection and distribution of optical signals.
Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B•Apr 1, 1997•27 citations