Quantum Electronics

Squeezed state of light at doubled frequency in an external ring cavity

V. N. Beskrovnyi, Anatolii S Chirkin

Published Dec 31, 1995• 2 citations

Abstract

A physical interpretation of the formation of squeezed light at the doubled frequency is proposed. A quantum theory of second-harmonic generation in a ring cavity, with a resonance at the second harmonic, is developed. The efficiency of squeezing quantum fluctuations of the quadrature components is considered as a function of the mirror reflection coefficients and of the efficiency of conversion to the second harmonic in one cavity trip.

DOI: 10.1070/qe1995v025n12abeh000564

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