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Quantum-Optical Phase and Its Measurement

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Quantum Optics VI

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We discuss a simple and readily acceptable operational approach to defining quantum optical phase, and examine possible ways of measuring the resulting phase probability density.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, Q 4111

    D. T. Pegg

  2. Faculty of CAD, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia, Q 4111

    J. A. Vaccaro

  3. Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK

    S. M. Barnett

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  1. D. T. Pegg
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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

    Dan F. Walls  & John D. Harvey  & 

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Pegg, D.T., Vaccaro, J.A., Barnett, S.M. (1994). Quantum-Optical Phase and Its Measurement. In: Walls, D.F., Harvey, J.D. (eds) Quantum Optics VI. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79101-7_16

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