Wu Meng-Chang, Schmittberger Bonnie L, Brewer Nicholas R, Speirs Rory W, Jones Kevin M, Lett Paul D
Opt Express. 2019 Feb 18;27(4):4769-4780. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.004769.
We report the generation of strong, bright-beam intensity-difference squeezing down to measurement frequencies below 10 Hz. We generate two-mode squeezing in a four-wave mixing (4WM) process in Rb vapor, where the single-pass-gain nonlinear process does not require cavity locking and only relies on passive stability. We use diode laser technology and several techniques, including dual seeding, to remove the noise introduced by seeding the 4WM process as well as the background noise. Twin-beam intensity-difference squeezing down to frequencies limited only by the mechanical and atmospheric stability of the lab is achieved. These results should enable important low-frequency applications such as direct intensity-difference imaging with bright beams on integrating detectors.
我们报告了在低于10Hz的测量频率下产生强的、明亮光束强度差压缩的情况。我们在铷蒸汽中的四波混频(4WM)过程中产生双模压缩,其中单通增益非线性过程不需要腔锁定,仅依赖于被动稳定性。我们使用二极管激光技术和包括双种子注入在内的几种技术,以去除通过对4WM过程进行种子注入引入的噪声以及背景噪声。实现了双光束强度差压缩,其频率仅受实验室的机械和大气稳定性限制。这些结果应能实现重要的低频应用,如在积分探测器上用明亮光束进行直接强度差成像。