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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Journal of the Optical Society of America B

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  • Vol. 3, Iss. 5 — May. 1, 1986
  • pp: 732–740

Quantum theory of multiwave mixing. VI. Effects of quantum noise on modulation spectroscopy

David A. Holm and Murray Sargent  »View Author Affiliations


JOSA B, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 732-740 (1986)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.3.000732


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Abstract

Treating the weak-sideband fields quantum mechanically, we study the effects of quantum noise on amplitudemodulation and frequency-modulation spectroscopy of two-level media. Our analysis demonstrates that quantum noise affects not only the intensities of the modulation sidebands but also their relative phase, which leads in particular to a quantum limit for frequency-modulation spectroscopy.

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David A. Holm and Murray Sargent, "Quantum theory of multiwave mixing. VI. Effects of quantum noise on modulation spectroscopy," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 3, 732-740 (1986)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-3-5-732

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