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We revisit the dissipative approach to producing and stabilizing spin-squeezed states of an ensemble of $N$ two-level systems, providing a detailed analysis of two surprising yet generic features of such protocols. The first is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-08 Peter Groszkowski , Martin Koppenhöfer , Hoi-Kwan Lau , A. A. Clerk

We report on nonlinear frequency conversion from the telecom range via second harmonic generation (SHG) and third harmonic generation (THG) in suspended gallium nitride slab photonic crystal (PhC) cavities on silicon, under continuous-wave…

We investigate the quantum evolution of the pump field in second-harmonic generation under strong pump depletion. Starting from a coherent state, the pump develops a nonclassical phase-space structure resembling a Schr\"odinger cat state.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Ranjit Singh , Leonid A. Barinov , Grigori G. Amosov , Anatoly V. Masalov

The emerging all-dielectric platform exhibits high-quality ($Q$) resonances governed by the physics of bound states in the continuum (BIC) that drives highly efficient nonlinear optical processes. Here we demonstrate the robust enhancement…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-23 Shuyuan Xiao , Meibao Qin , Junyi Duan , Tingting Liu

We report about the experimental observation and characterization of nonlinear optical properties of individual silicon nanowires of different dimensions. Our results show that the nonlinear light has different components, one of them…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-13 Peter R. Wiecha , Arnaud Arbouet , Houssem Kallel , Priyanka Periwal , Thierry Baron , Vincent Paillard

The manuscript investigates the entropy squeezing of a qubit (two-level atom) interacting with the cavity field in the Schr\"odinger cat states. The effects of the Schr\"odinger cat states of the field on the squeezing are examined. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Wei-Guang Wang , Xue-Qun Yan , Jiu-Ming LI

The interaction of classical and quantized electromagnetic fields with an ensemble of atoms in an optical cavity is considered. Four fields drive a double-lambda level scheme in the atoms, consisting of a pair of lambda systems sharing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Dantan , M. Pinard , P. R. Berman

Second-order nonlinear optical responses, including photogalvanic effect (PGE) and second harmonic generation (SHG), are important physical phenomena in nonlinear optics. The PGE (SHG) related to linearly and circularly polarized light are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-01 Yuan Liu , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Gang Su

A two-level system that is coupled to a high-finesse cavity in the Purcell regime exhibits a giant optical non-linearity due to the saturation of the two-level system at very low intensities, of the order of one photon per lifetime. We…

Nonlinear optics, and particularly second harmonic generation (SHG), is increasingly used in many modern disciplines from material characterization in physical sciences to bio-imaging in medicine and optical signal processing in information…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-03-17 G. van der Laan , S. W. Lovesey

We have theoretically studied the photon statistical properties in a nonlinear whispering-gallery-mode microresonator coupled with two nanoparticles. By tuning the relative position of two nanoparticles, the photon statistical features of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-24 Wen-An Li

Squeezed light, which is easily degraded by loss, could benefit from generation directly in optical fiber. Furthermore, highly nonlinear fiber could offer more efficient generation with lower pump power and shorter fiber lengths than…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-17 Joseph C. Chapman , Nicholas A. Peters

We propose a theoretical scheme to improve the resolution and precision of phase measurement with parity detection in the Mach-Zehnder interferometer by using a nonclassical input state which is generated by applying a number-conserving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Huan Zhang , Wei Ye , Chaoping Wei , Cunjin Liu , Zeyang Liao , Liyun Hu

Integrated waveguides exhibiting efficient second-order nonlinearities are crucial to obtain compact and low power optical signal processing devices. Silicon nitride (SiN) has shown second harmonic generation (SHG) capabilities in resonant…

Bragg interferometers, operating using pseudospin-1/2 systems composed of two momentum states, have become a mature technology for precision measurements. State-of-the-art Bragg interferometers are rapidly surpassing technical limitations…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-07-25 Athreya Shankar , Leonardo Salvi , Maria Luisa Chiofalo , Nicola Poli , Murray J Holland

The random laser action with coherent feedback by second-harmonic generation (SHG) was experimentally demonstrated in this paper. Compared with the conventional random laser action based on photoluminescence effect, which needs strong…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-24 Yanqi Qiao , Yuanlin Zheng , Zengyan Cai , Xianfeng Chen

Optical modulation of high-harmonics generation in solids enables the detection of material properties such as the band structure and promising new applications such as super-resolution imaging in semiconductors. Various recent studies have…

We investigate nonlinear Kerr-induced coherence effect on a superluminal probing light pulse in a gain-assisted N-type 4-level atomic system via an intense monochromatic laser field. The dispersion exhibits a novel, interesting and useful…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-28 Bakht Amin Bacha , Fazal Ghafoor

Nonreciprocal devices that allow the light propagation in only one direction are indispensable in photonic circuits and emerging quantum technologies. Contemporary optical isolators and circulators, however, require large size or strong…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-12 Shingo Toyoda , Manfred Fiebig , Taka-hisa Arima , Yoshinori Tokura , Naoki Ogawa

We introduce the concept of optical coherence squeezing in double-slit interference. We construct Hermitian operators that characterize the coherence at the slits, leading to coherence uncertainty relations and a corresponding squeezing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Martti Hanhisalo , Atri Halder , Tero Setälä , Andreas Norrman