Squeezing with cold atoms

A. Lambrecht; T. Coudreau; A. M. Steinberg; E. Giacobino

doi:10.1209/epl/i1996-00192-1

Squeezing with cold atoms

Quantum Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Authors: A. Lambrecht , T. Coudreau , A. M. Steinberg , E. Giacobino

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Abstract

Cold atoms from a magneto-optic trap have been used as a nonlinear medium in a nearly resonant cavity. Squeezing in a probe beam passing through the cavity was demonstrated. The measured noise reduction is 40% for free atoms and 20% for weakly trapped atoms.

Keywords

laser cooling and trapping ultracold atoms in optical lattices optical trapping

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9801051,
  title  = {Squeezing with cold atoms},
  author = {A. Lambrecht and T. Coudreau and A. M. Steinberg and E. Giacobino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9801051},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX

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