Generation of photon-number squeezed states with a fiber-optic symmetric interferometer

作者:Hosaka Aruto; Hirosawa Kenichi; Sawada Ryota; Kannari Fumihiko*
来源:Optics Express, 2015, 23(15): 18850-18863.
DOI:10.1364/OE.23.018850

摘要

We numerically and experimentally demonstrate photonnumber squeezed state generation with a symmetric fiber interferometer in an 800-nm wavelength and compared with an asymmetric fiber interferometer, although photon-number squeezed pulses have been generated only with asymmetric interferometers. Even though we obtain -1.0dB squeezing with an asymmetric fiber interferometer, since perfect spectral phase and intensity matching between displacement and signal pulses are achieved with a symmetric fiber interferometer, we obtain better squeezing of -3.1dB. We also numerically calculate and clarify this scheme's usefulness at a 1.55-mu m wavelength.

  • 出版日期2015-7-27