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Absorption measurement is an exceptionally versatile tool for many applications in science and engineering. For absorption measurements using laser beams of light, the sensitivity is theoretically limited by the shot noise due to the…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-22 Fu Li , Tian Li , Marlan O. Scully , Girish S. Agarwal

The quantum noise of light fundamentally limits optical phase sensors. A semiclassical picture attributes this noise to the random arrival time of photons from a coherent light source such as a laser. An engineered source of squeezed states…

Three different noise moments of field strength, intensity, and their correlations are simultaneously measured. For this purpose a homodyne cross-correlation measurement [W. Vogel, Phys. Rev. A 51, 4160 (1995)] is implemented by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 B. Kühn , W. Vogel , M. Mraz , S. Köhnke , B. Hage

Multimode squeezed states of light have been proposed as a resource for achieving quantum advantage in computing and sensing. Recent experiments that demonstrate multimode Gaussian states to this end have most commonly opted for spatial or…

Squeezed light is a key quantum resource that enables quantum advantages for sensing, networking, and computing applications. The scalable generation and manipulation of squeezed light with integrated platforms are highly desired for the…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-06 Pao-Kang Chen , Ian Briggs , Songyan Hou , Linran Fan

Quantum noise will be the dominant noise source for the advanced laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors currently under construction. Squeezing-enhanced laser interferometers have been recently demonstrated as a viable technique…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 Katherine L Dooley , Emil Schreiber , Henning Vahlbruch , Christoph Affeldt , Jonathan R Leong , Holger Wittel , Hartmut Grote

We create squeezed light by exploiting the quantum nature of the mechanical interaction between laser light and a membrane mechanical resonator embedded in an optical cavity. The radiation pressure shot noise (fluctuating optical force from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-23 T. P. Purdy , P. -L. Yu , R. W. Peterson , N. S. Kampel , C. A. Regal

Squeezed light has evolved into a powerful tool for quantum technology, ranging from quantum enhanced sensing and quantum state engineering based on partial post-selection techniques. The pulsed generation of squeezed light is of particular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Chaohan Cui , Christos N. Gagatsos , Saikat Guha , Linran Fan

Quantum measurements of mechanical systems can produce optical squeezing via ponderomotive forces. Its observation requires high environmental isolation and efficient detection, typically achieved by using optical cavities and cryogenic…

Laser light with squeezed quantum uncertainty is a powerful tool for interferometric sensing. A routine application can be found in gravitational wave observatories. A significant quantum advantage is only achievable if a large fraction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-14 Pascal Gewecke , Jascha Zander , Roman Schnabel

Continuous variable encoding of quantum information requires the deterministic generation of highly correlated quantum states of light in the form of quantum networks, which, in turn, necessitates the controlled generation of a large number…

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…

Squeezed states of light constitute an important nonclassical resource in the field of high-precision measurements, e.g. gravitational wave detection, as well as in the field of quantum information, e.g. for teleportation, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Moritz Mehmet , Henning Vahlbruch , Nico Lastzka , Karsten Danzmann , Roman Schnabel

Squeezed states of light are used for precision metrology and quantum-enhanced measurements, with applications spanning communication and sensing. State-of-the-art squeezed-light sources typically rely on optical cavities to achieve high,…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-30 Erik Anders Torsten Svanberg , Daniel Voigt , Vaishali Adya

Quantum sensing and quantum information processing use quantum advantages such as squeezed states that encode a quantity of interest with higher precision and generate quantum correlations to outperform classical methods. In harmonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 Mingjie Xin , Wui Seng Leong , Zilong Chen , Yu Wang , Shau-Yu Lan

Attosecond science promises to reveal the most fundamental electronic dynamics occurring in matter and it can develop further by meeting two linked technological goals related to high-order harmonic sources: higher photon flux (permitting…

A novel form of quantum control is proposed by applying twisted-light also known as optical vortex beams to drive ultra-narrow atomic transitions in neutral Ca, Mg, Yb, Sr, Hg and Cd bosonic isotopes. This innovative all-optical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-06-30 T. Zanon-Willette , F. Impens , E. Arimondo , D. Wilkowski , A. V. Taichenachev , V. I. Yudin

Laser cooling is a fundamental technique used in primary atomic frequency standards, quantum computers, quantum condensed matter physics and tests of fundamental physics, among other areas. It has been known since the early 1990s that laser…

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) provides a broad spectral bandwidth for synthesizing attosecond pulses. However, in the current HHG schemes, only part of the harmonics can be phase-locked, which limits the ability to achieve shorter…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-18 ShiJun Wang , XuanYang Lai , XiaoJun Liu

We theoretically investigate the quantum phase transition in the collective systems of qubits in a high-quality cavity, which is driven by a squeezed light. We show that the squeezed light induced symmetry breaking can result in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 Chengjie Zhu , Leilei Ping , Yaping Yang , Girish S. Agarwal