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<div><font color="#000080"><b>Old Dominion University</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000080"><b>Department of Physics</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#31849B"><b>Spring Colloquium Series</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#17365D" size="5"><b>Tuesday March 22, 2011</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#31849B" size="5"><b>"Squeezed Light, Generation and Applications"</b></font></div>
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<font color="#1F497D" size="5" face="Times New Roman, serif"><b>Dr. Eugeniy Mikhailov</b></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D" size="5"><b>Physics Department, College of William and Mary</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Optical measurements are intrinsically limited by the quantum shot noise, which is the manifestation of the optical equivalent of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. I will talk about "squeezed" quantum states
of light which allow performing measurements beyond standard quantum limit. I will introduce several methods for squeezed light generation and outline several applications of the squeezed light, such as optical measurements without photons and enhancement
of the sensitivity for the gravitational wave antenna such as LIGO.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Presentation: Physical Sciences Building II 1100 @ 3:00 pm</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Refreshments: 1st Floor Atrium @ 2:30 pm</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">More details at <a href="http://www.physics.odu.edu">
http://www.physics.odu.edu</a></font></div>
<div><font size="4">All are Welcome<font size="3">!</font></font></div>
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