Department of Physics, Quantum Institute for Light and Atoms, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, People's Republic of China.
Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Jul 19;111(3):033608. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.033608. Epub 2013 Jul 18.
Quantum noise is usually added in an amplification process through the internal degrees of the amplifier. Coupling the squeezed state to the internal degree can suppress the extra noise. Here, we demonstrate another method: when the internal degree of the amplifier is correlated with the input signal via quantum entanglement, quantum destructive interference between the input and the internal degree may result in noise reduction at the amplified output. We achieve a quantum noise reduction of 2.3 dB at the output and an improvement of 4.0±0.2 dB in signal-to-noise ratio during the amplification process with a quantum noise gain of 4.5 dB.
量子噪声通常通过放大器的内部自由度在放大过程中添加。通过将压缩态与内部自由度耦合,可以抑制额外的噪声。在这里,我们展示了另一种方法:当放大器的内部自由度通过量子纠缠与输入信号相关联时,输入和内部自由度之间的量子相消干涉可能导致放大输出的噪声降低。我们在放大过程中实现了输出端 2.3dB 的量子噪声降低,并在量子噪声增益为 4.5dB 的情况下将信噪比提高了 4.0±0.2dB。