Abstract
We report measurement of the noise statistics of spontaneous parametric fluorescence in a fiber parametric amplifier with single-mode, single-photon resolution. We employ optical homodyne tomography for this purpose, which also provides a self-calibrating measurement of the noise figure of the amplifier. The measured photon statistics agree with quantum-mechanical predictions, and the amplifier’s noise figure is found to be almost quantum limited.
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Paul L. Voss, Renyong Tang, and Prem Kumar, "Measurement of the photon statistics and the noise figure of a fiber-optic parametric amplifier: erratum," Opt. Lett. 29, 2815-2815 (2004)https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-29-23-2815
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