Squeezed states in optical cavities: A spontaneous-emission-noise limit

R. E. Slusher; L. Hollberg; B. Yurke; J. C. Mertz; J. F. Valley

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Squeezed states in optical cavities: A spontaneous-emission-noise limit

R. E. Slusher, L. Hollberg, B. Yurke, J. C. Mertz, J. F. Valley

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Squeezed states of light have been predicted to be generated by four-wave mixing in cavity configurations. Any noise fields in the cavity can degrade or modify these squeezed states. An experiment using a Na atomic beam as the nonlinear mixing medium shows that spontaneous emission from the excited atoms results in a broadband frequency spectrum of noise in the cavity used for squeezing. The limits this noise places on the observed amount of squeezing and possible techniques for avoiding this noise source are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3512-3515
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review A
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.31.3512
State	Published - 1985
Externally published	Yes

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