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Squeezed light has revolutionized quantum metrology by enhancing interferometry for sensitive applications such as the detection of gravitational waves. Squeezed light has also played a pivotal role in quantum information science with…

We demonstrate vacuum squeezing at the D1 line of atomic rubidium (795 nm) with a tunable, doubly-resonant, monolithic sub-threshold optical parametric oscillator in periodically-poled Rb-doped potassium titanyl phosphate. The squeezing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Joanna A. Zielinska , Morgan W. Mitchell

Modification of electromagnetic quantum fluctuations in the form of quadrature-squeezing is a central quantum resource, which can be generated from nonlinear optical processes. Such a process is facilitated by coherent two-photon excitation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-14 Emil V. Denning , Andreas Knorr , Florian Katsch , Marten Richter

We report the first coexistence experiment of 1550 nm single-mode squeezed states of light with a 1310 nm classical telecom channel over a 10 km fiber channel while measuring squeezing using a locally generated local oscillator. This is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-05 Adnan A. E. Hajomer , Huy Q. Nguyen , Melis Pahalı , Ulrik L. Andersen , Tobias Gehring

Squeezed light is a quantum resource that can improve the sensitivity of optical measurements. However, existing sources of squeezed light generally require high powers and are not amenable to portability. Here we theoretically investigate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-07 Bonnie L. Schmittberger

The generation and detection of squeezed light through spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal up to a frequency of 3.5 GHz is presented. We characterize the quantum state with balanced homodyne detection, leveraging a…

Squeezed states of light enable enhanced measurement precision by reducing noise below the standard quantum limit. A key application of squeezed light is nonlinear microscopy, where state-of-the-art performance is limited by photodamage and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Alex Terrasson , Lars Madsen , Joel Grim , Warwick Bowen

A compact setup for two-way single-photon-level frequency conversion between 852 nm and 1560 nm has been implemented with the same periodically-poled magnesium-oxide-doped lithium niobate (PPMgO:LN) bulk crystals for connecting cesium D2…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 Kong Zhang , Jun He , Junmin Wang

We present the measurement of squeezed light generation using an engineered optomechanical system fabricated from a silicon microchip and composed of a micromechanical resonator coupled to a nanophotonic cavity. Laser light is used to…

We report generation of a continuous-wave squeezed vacuum resonant on the Rb D_1 line (795 nm) using periodically poled KTiOPO_4 (PPKTP) crystals. With a frequency doubler and an optical parametric oscillator based on PPKTP crystals, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Takahito Tanimura , Daisuke Akamatsu , Yoshihiko Yokoi , Akira Furusawa , Mikio Kozuma

Squeezing of light's quantum noise requires temporal rearranging of photons. This again corresponds to creation of quantum correlations between individual photons. Squeezed light is a non-classical manifestation of light with great…

We demonstrate a squeezing experiment exploiting the association of integrated optics and telecom technology as key features for compact, stable, and practical continuous variable quantum optics. In our setup, squeezed light is generated by…

Using a nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) process based on a double-{\Lambda} scheme in hot cesium vapor, we demonstrate a compact diode-laser-pumped quantum light source for the generation of quantum correlated twin beams with a maximum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-09 Rong Ma , Wei Liu , Zhongzhong Qin , Xiaolong Su , Xiaojun Jia , Junxiang Zhang , Jiangrui Gao

The radiation-pressure driven interaction of a coherent light field with a mechanical oscillator induces correlations between the amplitude and phase quadratures of the light. These correlations result in squeezed light -- light with…

We report quantum enhancement of Faraday rotation spin noise spectroscopy by polarization squeezing of the probe beam. Using natural abundance Rb in 100 Torr of N_2 buffer gas, and squeezed light from a sub-threshold optical parametric…

In continuous-variable quantum information processing, it is crucial to develop high-efficiency and broadband quantum memory of squeezed light, which enables the storage of full-bandwidth information. Here, we present a quantum memory of…

We analyse a novel squeezing and entangling mechanism which is due to correlated Stokes and anti-Stokes photon forward scattering in a multi-level atom vapour. Following the proposal we present an experimental demonstration of 3.5 dB pulsed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 W. Wasilewski , T. Fernholz , K. Jensen , L. S. Madsen , H. Krauter , C. Muschik , E. S. Polzik

Squeezed light plays a vital role in quantum information processing. By nature, it is highly sensitive, which presents significant practical challenges, particularly in remote detection, traditionally requiring complex systems such as…

Squeezed light is a particularly useful quantum resource, which finds broad applications in quantum information processing, quantum metrology and sensing, and biological measurements. Here we show how to produce squeezed light exploiting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Xuan Zuo , Zi-Xu Lu , Zhi-Yuan Fan , Shi-Yao Zhu , Jie Li

To achieve high degree of quantum noise squeezing, an optical cavity is often employed to enhance the interaction time between light and matter. Here, we propose to utilize the effect of coherent population trapping (CPT) to directly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 You-Lin Chuang , Ray-Kuang Lee , Ite A. Yu