Homodyne measurement of the average photon number
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J. G. Webb, T. C. Ralph, and E. H. Huntington Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University College, The University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600, Australia Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia Received 17 January 2006; published 13 March 2006
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