Abstract
We report measurement of the noise statistics of spontaneous parametric fluorescence in a fiber parametric amplifier with single-mode, single-photon resolution. We employ optical homodyne tomography for this purpose, which also provides a self-calibrating measurement of the noise figure of the amplifier. The measured photon statistics agree with quantum-mechanical predictions, and the amplifier's noise figure is found to be almost quantum limited.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 549-551 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| State | Published - Apr 1 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics