Chinese Optics Letters

Soliton squeezing generated in an all-fiber configuration

Li Yu, 冯雪冬 Xuedong Feng, 尚旭东, 彭健 Jian Peng, 杨伯君 Bojun Yang

Published Jan 1, 2008• 0 citations

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate amplitude squeezed soliton utilizing intensity-dependent self-phase modulation in an asymmetric Sagnac interferometer. The system, whose components are connected via ferrule connector/physical connection (FC/PC) fiber connectors, constitutes all-fiber configuration to generate squeezed soliton. Soliton amplitude reduction measured by homodyne detection is near 4.0 dB below the shot-noise level. Optimal squeezing fields in both simple and compact all-fiber configuration are obtained.

DOI: 10.3788/col20080602.0141

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