Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Operational approach to the phase of a quantum field’ ’’

J. W. Noh, A. Fougères, and L. Mandel
Phys. Rev. A 47, 4535 – Published 1 May 1993
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Abstract

In response to Hradil’s Comment [preceding Comment, Phys. Rev. A 47, 4532 (1993)], we point out that his prescription for putting both the cosine and sine equal to zero when the data yield n3=n4 and n5=n6 can lead to meaningless results. Moreover, Hradil’s Eq. (5) for obtaining D2 from the measured variance leads to disagreement with experiment. Finally, it is possible to obtain a continuous spectrum of phases with our technique.

  • Received 16 October 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.47.4535

©1993 American Physical Society

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J. W. Noh, A. Fougères, and L. Mandel

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

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Operational approach to the phase of a quantum field

J. W. Noh, A. Fougères, and L. Mandel
Phys. Rev. A 45, 424 (1992)

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Vol. 47, Iss. 5 — May 1993

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