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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Quantum dynamics of polarisation squeezing in optical fibres

Joel Frederick Corney, P. D. Drummond, J. Heersink, Ruifang Dong, Gerd Leuchs, Ulrik L. Andersen

Published Jun 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

Polarisation squeezing in optical fibres is an efficient means of producing highly squeezed light. Because the experiments operate in a very nonclassical regime, the results are very sensitive to additional nonlinear and thermal effects in the fibre. To quantitatively characterise such experiments, we perform first-principles, quantum dynamical simulations of intense, ultrashort pulses in a fibre, including all significant quantum and thermal noise. We compare simulation and experiments to find excellent agreement over a wide range of pulse energies and fibre lengths.

DOI
10.1109/cleoe-iqec.2007.4386918

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