arXiv:1505.00679 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Two schemes for characterization and detection of the squeezed light: dynamical Casimir effect and nonlinear materials

H Lotfipour, Z Allameh, R Roknizadeh, Hoshang Heydari

Published Mar 8, 2016• 3 citations

Abstract

Abstract Using two different schemes, a non-classical-squeezed state of light is detected and characterized. In the first scheme, in a one-dimensional cavity with a moving mirror (non-stationary Casimir effect) in the principal mode, we study the photon generation rate for two modes (squeezed and coherent state) of a driving field. Since the cavity with the moving mirror (similar to an optomechanical system) can be considered an analogue to a Kerr-like medium, in the second scheme, the probability amplitude for multi-photon absorption in a nonlinear (Kerr) medium will be quantum mechanically calculated. It is shown that because of the presence of nonlinear effects, the responses of these two systems to the squeezed versus coherent state are considerably distinguishable. The drastic difference between the results of these two states of light can be viewed as a proposal for detecting non-classical states.

DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/6/065503

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