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Physical Review Letters

Two-photon correlated–spontaneous-emission laser: Quantum noise quenching and squeezing

Marlan O. Scully, K. Wódkiewicz, Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, János A. Bergou, Ning Lu, J. Meyer ter Vehn

Published May 2, 1988• 202 citations
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Abstract

Previous studies have shown that the possible utility of the two-photon laser as a squeezed-state generator is negated by spontaneous-emission fluctuations. We here show that a two-photon correlated--spontaneous-emission laser can produce light which is both squeezed and free from spontaneous-emission fluctuations.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.60.1832

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