Abstract
Squeezed states have less noise in a particular quadrature component of the amplitude than does the vacuum state [1]. They are well understood theoretically and have been produced and detected in the laboratory [2–4]. It is hoped that they will prove useful in the detection of weak signals.
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Hillery, M. (1990). Sum and Difference Squeezing. In: Eberly, J.H., Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VI. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0847-8_89
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