Review of Scientific Instruments

Low-noise, transformer-coupled resonant photodetector for squeezed state generation

Chaoyong Chen, Shaoping Shi, Yaohui Zheng

Published Oct 1, 2017• 17 citations

Abstract

In an actual setup of squeezed state generation, the stability of a squeezing factor is mainly limited by the performance of the servo-control system, which is mainly influenced by the shot noise and gain of a photodetector. We present a unique transformer-coupled LC resonant amplifier as a photodetector circuit to reduce the electronic noise and increase the gain of the photodetector. As a result, we obtain a low-noise, high gain photodetector with the gain of more than 1.8×105 V/A, and the input current noise of less than 4.7 pA/Hz. By adjusting the parameters of the transformer, the quality factor Q of the resonant circuit is close to 100 in the frequency range of more than 100 MHz, which meets the requirement for weak power detection in the application of squeezed state generation.

DOI: 10.1063/1.5004418

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