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Physical Review Letters

Inhibition of Tunneling in Optical Bistability by a Squeezed Vacuum

Craig M. Savage, Daniel F. Walls

Published Oct 27, 1986• 30 citations
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Abstract

Tunneling times for absorptive optical bistability with a squeezed vacuum as input to the cavity are calculated. Using a squeezed input field to reduce the fluctuations in the critical quadrature, we show that the tunneling times may be increased. This may substantially improve the intrinsic stability of the device.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.57.2164

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