Observation of continuous-wave squeezed light at 1550 nm

Document #:

LIGO-P080107-x0

Document type:

P - Publications

Abstract:

We report on the generation of continuous-wave squeezed vacuum states of light at the telecommunication wavelength of 1550 nm. The squeezed vacuum states were produced by type I optical parametric amplification (OPA) in a standing-wave cavity built around a periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate (PPKTP) crystal. A non-classical noise reduction of 5.3 dB below the shot noise was observed by means of balanced homodyne detection.

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Authors:

• Andre Thuering
• Roman Schnabel
• Moritz Mehmet
• Karsten Danzmann
• Henning Vahlbruch
• Tobias Eberle
• Sebastian Steinlechner

Notes and Changes:

Rev P080107-01-Z:
- Full document number: LIGO-P080107-01-Z
- Author(s): Moritz Mehmet; Sebastian Steinlechner; Tobias Eberle; H. Vahlbruch; Andre Thuring; K. Danzmann; R Schnabel
- Document date: 2008-11-26
- Document received date: 2008-12-03
- Document entry date: 2008-12-03

Rev P080107-00-Z:
- Full document number: LIGO-P080107-00-Z
- Author(s): Moritz Mehmet; Sebastian Steinlechner; Tobias Eberle; H. Vahlbruch; Andre Thuring; K. Danzmann; R Schnabel
- Document date: 2008-11-05
- Document received date: 2008-11-05
- Document entry date: 2008-11-05

Publication Information:

http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0670