Title :
Squeezed vacuum pulse generation with third-order optical nonlinearity in short fibers
Author :
Ito, Yasuyuki ; Nakagome, Hisayuki ; Ushio, Hidetake ; Hirosawa, Kenichi ; Kannari, Fumihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Short length optical fibers are proved to be effective to reduce Brillouin scattering noise and produce squeezed vacuum even at low repetition pulse rates. Noise reduction of 2.4 dB below the shot noise level is observed.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical squeezing; Brillouin scattering noise; short length optical fibers; shot noise level; squeezed vacuum pulse generation; third-order optical nonlinearity; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Noise generators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; GAWBS; Squeezed state; Ultrashort pulse;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292499
