Noncritically squeezed light via spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking

作者:Navarrete Benlloch Carlos*; Roldan Eugenio; de Valcarcel German J
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2008, 100(20): 203601.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.203601

摘要

We predict squeezed light generation through the spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking occurring in a degenerate optical parametric oscillator (DOPO) pumped above threshold. We show, within the linearized theory, that a DOPO with spherical mirrors, in which the signal and idler fields correspond to first-order Laguerre-Gauss modes, produces a perfectly squeezed vacuum with the shape of a Hermite-Gauss mode. This occurs at any pumping level above threshold; hence, the phenomenon is noncritical. Imperfections of the rotational symmetry, due, e.g., to cavity anisotropy, are shown to have a small impact.

  • 出版日期2008-5-23