Strong Optomechanical Squeezing of Light
By Thomas Purdy, Pen-Li Yu, R. W. Peterson, N. Kampel, C. Regal. 2013
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We create squeezed light by exploiting the quantum nature of the mechanical interaction between laser light and a membrane mechanical resonator embedded in an optical cavity. The radiation pressure shot noise (fluctuating optical force from quantum laser amplitude noise) induces resonator motion well above that of thermally driven motion. This motion imprints a phase shift on the laser light, hence correlating the amplitude and phase noise, a consequence of which is optical squeezing. We experimentally demonstrate strong and continuous optomechanical squeezing of 1.7 +/- 0.2 dB below the shot noise level. The peak level of squeezing measured near the mechanical resonance is well described by a model whose parameters are independently calibrated and that includes thermal motion of the membrane with no other classical noise sources.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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- 5. Squeezed Light (2014, neutral): “a optical cavity with one of its elements suspended so as to form on a high-quality mechanical resonator [76, 77].”
- Squeezed states of light and their applications in laser interferometers (2016, background): “Recently, ponderomotive squeezing was observed for the first time [Brooks et al. (2012); Purdy et al. (2013)].”