Photon-number noise reduction from a nonlinear fiber-loop mirror
Stefan Schmitt, Friedrich König, B. Mikulla +3 more
Summary form only given.Nonlinear unbalanced antiresonant ring interferometers have been proposed to provide various optical functions. The nonlinear optical-loop mirror (NOLM) is such an unbalanced fiber interferometer for ultrafast all-optical processing. Recently, it was suggested that the nonlinear input-output behavior of this device might also deamplify photon-number noise of coherent pulses below the shot-noise limit. Here, we present experimental evidence for directly detectable squeezing from a NOLM.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics•Nov 27, 2002•2 citations