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Hybrid quantum networks rely on efficient interfacing of dissimilar quantum nodes, since elements based on parametric down-conversion sources, quantum dots, color centres or atoms are fundamentally different in their frequencies and…

We investigate the effects of a squeezed pump on the quantum properties and conversion efficiency of the light produced in single-pass second harmonic generation. Using stochastic integration of the two-mode equations of motion in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 E. MArcellina , J. F. Corney , M. K. Olsen

We demonstrate the simultaneous quantum state reconstruction of the spectral modes of the light field emitted by a continuous wave degenerate optical parametric amplifier. The scheme is based on broadband measurement of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gerd Breitenbach , Fabrizio Illuminati , Stephan Schiller , Jurgen Mlynek

We study the quantum squeezing produced in self-induced transparency in a photonic crystal fiber by performing a fully quantum simulation based on the positive $P$ representation. The amplitude squeezing depends on the area of the initial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-20 M. S. Najafabadi , L. L. Sánchez-Soto , J. F. Corney , N. Kalinin , A. A. Sorokin , G. Leuchs

Quantum squeezed states enable precision measurements beyond the standard quantum limit, but conventional solid-state media fundamentally limit pump intensities to the ionization threshold. We demonstrate that plasma waves can mediate…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-17 Kenan Qu , Nathaniel J. Fisch

We study in detail a system of two interferometers aimed to the detection of extremely faint phase-fluctuations. This system can represent a breakthrough for detecting a faint correlated signal that would remain otherwise undetectable even…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-18 I. Ruo Berchera , I. P. Degiovanni , S. Olivares , N. Samantaray , P. Traina , M. Genovese

Quantum states of light play a pivotal role in modern science[1] and future photonic applications[2]. While impressive progress has been made in their generation and manipulation with high fidelities, the common table-top approach is…

We demonstrate optical squeezing below the shot-noise level generated through the interaction of an optical cavity field with two center-of-mass modes of a levitated nanoparticle, simultaneously cooled to occupation numbers well below…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 A. Pontin , Q. Deplano , F. Marino , F. Marin

Absorption and gain processes are fundamental to any light-matter interaction and a precise measurement of these parameters is important for various scientific and technological applications. Quantum probes, specifically the squeezed states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Mrunal Kamble , Jiaxuan Wang , Girish S. Agarwal

We investigate the prospect of enhancing the phase sensitivity of atom interferometers in the Mach-Zehnder configuration with squeezed light. Ultimately, this enhancement is achieved by transferring the quantum state of squeezed light to…

Optical frequency combs, named for their comb-like peaks in the spectrum, are essential for various sensing applications. As the technology develops, its performance has reached the standard quantum limit dictated by the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Haowei Shi , Quntao Zhuang

Electromagnetic radiation by accelerated charges is a fundamental process in physics. Here, we introduce a quantum-optical framework for controlling the emission of radiation of an electron in an intense laser field via squeezed vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-25 A. Di Piazza , K. Qu

A continuous quantum field, such as a propagating beam of light, may be characterized by a squeezing spectrum that is inhomogeneous in frequency. We point out that homodyne detectors, which are commonly employed to detect quantum squeezing,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-19 L. F. Buchmann , S. Schreppler , J. Kohler , N. Spethmann , D. M. Stamper-Kurn

The most efficient approach to laser interferometric force sensing to date uses monochromatic carrier light with its signal sideband spectrum in a squeezed vacuum state. Quantum decoherence, i.e. mixing with an ordinary vacuum state due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Mikhail Korobko , Jan Südbeck , Sebastian Steinlechner , Roman Schnabel

Amplitude squeezed pulsed light has been produced using a microstructured silica fibre. By spectrally filtering after the nonlinear propagation in the fibre a squeezing value of -1.7dB has been measured. A quantum key distribution scheme…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Lorenz , Ch. Silberhorn , N. Korolkova , R. S. Windeler , G. Leuchs

In order to provide a cloud service of optical quantum computing, it is inevitable to stabilize the optical system for many hours. It is advantageous to construct a fiber-based system, which does not require spatial alignment. However,…

We demonstrate the generation, 40 km fiber transmission, and homodyne detection of single-mode squeezed states of light at 1550 nm using real-time phase control of a locally generated local oscillator, often called a "real local oscillator"…

Enlarging bandwidth capacity of the integrated photonic systems demands efficient and broadband light coupling among optical elements, which has been a vital issue in integrated photonics. Here, we have developed a compact ultra-broadband…

We experimentally study a protocol of using the broadband high frequency squeezed vacuum to detect the low-frequency signal. In this scheme, the lower sideband field of the squeezed light carries the low frequency modulation signal and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Wei Li , Yuanbin Jin , Xudong Yu , Jing Zhang

We have used an ultra-low threshold continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) to reduce the quantum fluctuations of the reflected pump beam below the shot noise limit. The OPO consisted of a triply resonant cavity containing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. S. Zhang , T. Coudreau , M. Martinelli , A. Maitre , C. Fabre