Single-Port Homodyne Detection in a Squeezed-State Interferometry with Optimal Data Processing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Homodyne Detection in the Squeezed-State Interferometer with Dataprocessing
3. Approximate Maximum Likelihood Estimation
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhou, L.; Liu, P.; Jin, G.-R. Single-Port Homodyne Detection in a Squeezed-State Interferometry with Optimal Data Processing. Photonics 2021, 8, 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080291
Zhou L, Liu P, Jin G-R. Single-Port Homodyne Detection in a Squeezed-State Interferometry with Optimal Data Processing. Photonics. 2021; 8(8):291. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080291
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Likun, Pan Liu, and Guang-Ri Jin. 2021. "Single-Port Homodyne Detection in a Squeezed-State Interferometry with Optimal Data Processing" Photonics 8, no. 8: 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080291