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Europhysics Letters (EPL)

Bright Squeezed Light by Second-Harmonic Generation in a Monolithic Resonator

Peter Kürz, R. Paschotta, K Fiedler, J. Mlynek

Published Nov 20, 1993• 41 citations
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Abstract

We report on a beam of squeezed light with considerable power (3.2 mW). 52% noise reduction in the fundamental mode is observed by second-harmonic generation in a monolithic resonator with active frequency stabilization.
DOI
10.1209/0295-5075/24/6/004

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