Generation of femtosecond pulsed squeezed light in optical telecommunication band

Author

Hirano, K. ; Takahashiy, Y. ; Fujii, G. ; Machida, S. ; Inoue, S. ; Komatsu, S. ; Kurimura, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Quantum Sci., Nihon Univ., Tokyo

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have generated squeezed vacuum in optical telecommunication band by a single-pass parametric amplification in periodically poled lithium niobate. The measured noise reduction was 3.1 dB below the shot-noise level.

Keywords

lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical noise; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical squeezing; shot noise; LiNbO₃; femtosecond pulsed squeezed light generation; noise reduction; optical telecommunication band; periodically poled lithium niobate; shot-noise level; single-pass parametric amplification; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse measurements; Quantum computing; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (270.6570) Squeezed states;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628681

Filename

4628681