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Physica Scripta

Phase narrowing a coherent state via repeated measures: only the no counts count

G. S. Agarwal, Marlan O. Scully, HERBERT WALTHER

Published Jan 1, 1993• 15 citations
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Abstract

A scheme is proposed whereby the phase distribution of a field in a coherent state can be narrowed by the process of continuous measurements. The amplitude of a small signal is built up by the measurement process thereby resulting in phase narrowing.
DOI
10.1088/0031-8949/1993/t48/020

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