Abstract
Nonclassical light has the potential to provide improvements in signal-to-noise ratio in a variety of applications. This tutorial provides a characterization of nonclassical light, describes its two present manifestations—quadrature-squeezed and number-squeezed (antibunched) light — discusses methods for generating and detecting these two kinds of nonclassical light, and considers potential applications with a critical view as to when nonclassical light might be useful.
© 1989 Optical Society of America
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