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Generation of Squeezed Vacuum States via Polarization Self-Rotation

Geoff Campbell, Christopher Healey, J. Appel, Karl-Peter Marzlin, Alexander I. Lvovsky, Alexander I. Lvovsky

Published Jan 1, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract

Recently, the possibility of generating squeezed vacuum states via polarization self‐rotation in hot atomic vapour has been debated. We present experimental results confirming that vacuum squeezed states can be generated using this method.
DOI
10.1063/1.3131299

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