Squeezing the local oscillator does not improve signal-to-noise ratio in heterodyne laser radar
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 11, pp. 1369-1371 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.001369
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Abstract
The signal-to-noise ratio for heterodyne laser radar with a coherent target-return beam and a squeezed local-oscillator beam is lower than that obtained using a coherent local oscillator, regardless of the method employed to combine the beams at the detector.
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OCIS Codes
(040.2840) Detectors : Heterodyne
(270.0270) Quantum optics : Quantum optics
(270.6570) Quantum optics : Squeezed states
(280.5600) Remote sensing and sensors : Radar
ToC Category:
Quantum Optics
History
Original Manuscript: December 1, 2006
Revised Manuscript: February 27, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: March 12, 2007
Published: April 24, 2007
Citation
Mark A. Rubin and Sumanth Kaushik, "Squeezing the local oscillator does not improve signal-to-noise ratio in heterodyne laser radar," Opt. Lett. 32, 1369-1371 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-11-1369
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