On The Number-Phase Uncertainty Relationship For A Laser

L. M. Pedrotti; V. Sanders; M. O. Scully

doi:10.1117/12.943247

4 October 1984 On The Number-Phase Uncertainty Relationship For A Laser

L. M. Pedrotti, V. Sanders, M. O. Scully

Proceedings Volume 0487, Physics of Optical Ring Gyros; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943247
Event: Physics of Optical Ring Gyros, 1984, Snowbird, United States

Abstract

In these notes the number-phase uncertainty relationship satisfied by laser light is derived and found to be very nearly AnAΦ = 1/2. This relation is of interest due to a calculation which relates the deviation of laser light from a minimum uncertainty state to the quantum noise limit on the performance of ring laser gyroscopes.

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L. M. Pedrotti, V. Sanders, and M. O. Scully "On The Number-Phase Uncertainty Relationship For A Laser", Proc. SPIE 0487, Physics of Optical Ring Gyros, (4 October 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943247

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