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Communications in Theoretical Physics

High Photon-Number Squeezing in Strong Field Limit

Qian Feng, HUANG HONG-BIN, Qi Guan-Xiao

Published May 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show that high photon-number squeezing in bright light can be generated in both lasers and optical bistabilities by the injections of a squeezed vacuum and a classical field, and the high squeezing is maintained for very strong field.
DOI
10.1088/0253-6102/45/5/032

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