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Frontiers in Optics

Squeezed light in optomechanical systems

Glen I. Harris, Michael A. Taylor, Ulrich B. Hoff, Jiří Janoušek, Vincent R. Daria, Joachim Knittel, Hugo Kerdoncuff, Boris Hage, Ulrik L. Andersen, Hans‐A. Bachor, Warwick P. Bowen

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

Squeezed light enhanced optomechanical measurements are demonstrated in both intra-cavity and biological contexts, with respective enhancements of 1.0 and 2.7 dB. Quantum enhanced microrheology of the cytoplasm of a yeast cell is thereby realized.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2012.fw5c.4

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