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Quantum metrology for fiber laser applications

Florent Mazeas, Romain Dauliat, Rachel Cannon, Djeylan Aktas, M. Reiner, Florian Kaiser, Philippe Roy, Raphaël Jamier, Laurent Labonté, Sébastien Tanzilli

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report on a quantum-based measurement of index difference for fiber laser applications. Based on an interferometric setup, we demonstrate a state-of-the-art high-accurate measurement of ∆n = (1,67 ± 0,07) · 10−4 thanks exploitation of peculiar properties of quantum photonics.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2019.s3d.3

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