COMPTON-SCATTERING OF ELECTRONS FROM OPTICAL PULSES FOR QUANTUM-NONDEMOLITION MEASUREMENTS

Authors
FRIBERG SR HAWKINS RJ
Citation
Sr. Friberg et Rj. Hawkins, COMPTON-SCATTERING OF ELECTRONS FROM OPTICAL PULSES FOR QUANTUM-NONDEMOLITION MEASUREMENTS, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 12(1), 1995, pp. 166-169
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
166 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1995)12:1<166:COEFOP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Compton scattering of electrons from photons destroys neither electron s nor photons, permitting quantum nondemoliton measurements of the pho ton number. Here we consider a Compton scattering quantum nondemolitio n measurement of the photon number of an optical pulse traveling in a prepared optical fiber. A beam of electrons is directed through the ev anescent field associated with the optical pulse, causing the electron s to scatter through an angle proportional to the pulse's photon numbe r.