EFFECTS OF DAMPING ON THE QUANTUM LIMITS TO OPTICAL-PHASE SHIFTS IN KERR NONLINEAR MEDIA

Authors
LIEBMAN A MILBURN GJ
Citation
A. Liebman et Gj. Milburn, EFFECTS OF DAMPING ON THE QUANTUM LIMITS TO OPTICAL-PHASE SHIFTS IN KERR NONLINEAR MEDIA, Physical review. A, 47(5), 1993, pp. 4528-4531
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
47
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Part
B
Pages
4528 - 4531
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1993)47:5<4528:EODOTQ>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
It was recently shown [Phys. Rev. A 45, 1919 (1992)] that the phase sh ift induced by a control beam on a signal in cross Kerr modulation is limited by the quantum nature of the control. We show that dissipation rapidly restores the classical phase shift.