Squeezing the quantum fluctuations of light
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Contemporary Physics
- Vol. 29 (3) , 299-314
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00107518808224378
Abstract
This paper is intended to be an introduction to the field of non-classical light. Starting from a pictorial discussion of the properties of the radiation field, examples for the generation and possible applications of squeezed states of the light field are given.Keywords
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