M. Beck Reprints

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2009

• “Low-cost coincidence-counting electronics for undergraduate quantum optics,” D. Branning, S. Bhandari, and M. Beck, Am. J. Phys. 77, 667-670 (2009).
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2007

• “Comparing measurements of g⁽²⁾(0) performed with different coincidence detection techniques,” M. Beck, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 2972 – 2978 (2007).
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2006

• “Quantum mysteries tested: An experiment implementing Hardy’s test of local realism,” J. A. Carlson, M. D. Olmstead, and M. Beck, Am. J. Phys. 74. 180-186 (2006).
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2005

• "Comparing quantum and classical correlations in a quantum eraser," A. Gogo, W. D. Snyder, and M. Beck, Phys. Rev. A, , 71, 052103 (2005).
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2004

· "Observing the quantum behavior of light in an undergraduate laboratory", J. J. Thorn, M. S. Neel, V. W. Donato, G. S. Bergreen, R. E. Davies, and M. Beck, Am. J. Phys. 72, 1210-1219 (2004).
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• "Experimental quantum state tomography of optical fields and ultrafast statistical sampling," M. G. Raymer and M. Beck, in Quantum State Estimation, ed. by M. G. A. Paris and J. Rehacek (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2004), p. 235-295.
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2003

· “Mode Optimization for Quantum State Tomography with Array Detectors,” A.M. Dawes, M. Beck and K. Banaszek, Phys. Rev. A. 67, 032102 (2003).
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2001

· “Joint Quantum Measurement Using Unbalanced Array Detection,” M. Beck, C. Dorrer, and I.A. Walmsley, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253601 (2001). (4 pages).
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· “Quantum state measurement with array detectors,” A.M. Dawes and M. Beck, Phys. Rev. A 63, 040101 (R), (2001) (4 pages).
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2000

· "Polarization correlations in pulsed, vertical-cavity, surface-emitting lasers," D.R. Shelly, T.W.S. Garrison, M. Beck and D.H. Christensen, Opt. Express 7, 249-259 (2000). Abstract PDF Article (870k)

Note that there are Quicktime movies associated with this article, and the PDF file contains links to them.

· “Quantum state measurement with array detectors,” M. Beck, Phys. Rev. Lett 84, 5748-5751 (2000).
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1999

· "Noise behavior of pulsed, vertical-cavity, surface-emitting lasers," T.W.S. Garrison, M. Beck and D.H. Christensen, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 2124-2130, (1999). Abstract PDF Article (140k)

1997

· "Sub-Poissonian photocurrent statistics: Theory and undergraduate experiment", A.C. Funk and M. Beck, American Journal of Physics 65, 492-500, (1997). Abstract

This paper comes in 2 separate files, text and figures.

· Text.pdf (190k)

· Figures.pdf (42k)

The circuit diagram for the detector used in these experiments

· det_cir.pdf (960k)

Updated 6/23/09

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