Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Log inSign up
Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Blog
Job Board
Q3AS

© 2026 Aqora Quantum S.A.S.

TermsPrivacyLegal Notice

Generation and Manipulation of Squeezed States of Light in Optical Networks for Quantum Communication and Computation

Maxim Raginsky, Prem Kumar

Published Jan 1, 2001• 6 citations
OpenAlex

Abstract

We analyze a ber-optic component which could nd multiple uses in novel information-processing systems utilizing squeezed states of light. Our approach is based on the phenomenon of photon-number squeezing of soliton noise after the soliton has propagated through a nonlinear optical ber. Applications of this component in optical networks for quantum computation and quantum cryptography are discussed.

Related papers

Generation and manipulation of squeezed states of light in optical networks for quantum communication and computation

Maxim Raginsky, Prem Kumar

We analyse a fiber-optic component which could have multiple uses in novel information processing systems utilizing squeezed states of light. Our approach is based on the phenomenon of photon-number squeezing of soliton noise after the soliton has propagated through a nonlinear optical fiber. Application of this component in optical networks for quantum computation and quantum cryptography are discussed.

arXiv:quant-ph/0104120•Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics•Jul 6, 2001•8 citations

Squeezing of light. Manipulation of quantum fluctuations.

Masahiro Kitagawa, Y. Yamamoto

The origin of quantum noise is addressed and it can be eliminated when the quantum state is optimally prepared for the single measured observable. Minimum uncertainty states are reviewed using Q (α) -representation, which include squeezed states and number-phase minimum uncertainty states. Squeezing is a concept of trading quantum uncertainties between two conjugate observables to optimize the state for the measurement. Need for optical nonlinearity to achieve squeezing is induced. Principles and experimental results for squeezing quadrature amplitude and photon number are delineated. Applications to optical communications and optical precision measurement are briefly stated.

The Review of Laser Engineering•Jan 1, 1987•0 citations

Binary Quantum Communication using Squeezed Light: Numerical, Simulation, and Experimental Resuts

R.S. Fyath, Ismael Shanan Desher

In this paper, the squeezed quantum state is generated using an optical parametric oscillator via a spontaneous parametric down conversion technique to investigate squeezed states with quantum noise in one quadrature below the standard quantum limit at the expense of the other. The setup involves four main parts: generation of Nd-YAG second harmonic via a ring resonator, squeezed cavity with a nonlinear crystal inside to generate the squeezed state, Pound-Drever-Hall technique to stabilize the laser in the squeezed cavity and balanced homodyne receiver with high efficiency to detect the squeezed state. A comparison in error probability is addressed between the quantum coherent classical and the quantum squeezed non-classical state in the presence of thermal noise and the dissipation. It is found that with extremely low number of photons, the squeezed state is robust against channel noise.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY•Nov 17, 2013•0 citations

Photon Number Squeezed States in Semiconductor Lasers

Y. Yamamoto, Susumu Machida, Wayne H. Richardson

Electromagnetic fields, with the noise on one quadrature component reduced to below the quantum mechanical zero-point fluctuation level and the noise on the other quadrature component enhanced to above it, are currently of great interest in quantum optics because of their potential applications to various precision measurements. Such squeezed states of light are usually produced by imposing nonlinear unitary evolution on coherent (or vacuum) states. On the other hand, squeezed states with reduced photon number noise and enhanced phase noise are generated directly by a constant current-driven semiconductor laser. This is the simplest scheme for the generation of nonclassical light, and so far it has yielded the largest quantum noise reduction. The mutual coupling between a lasing junction and an external electrical circuit provides opportunities for exploring the macroscopic and microscopic quantum effects in open systems.

Science•Mar 6, 1992•65 citations

Communication via the Statistics of Photon-Number Squeezed Light

Joshua Paramanandam, Michael Andrew Parker

A method of communication employing the second order statistics of photon-number squeezed light is demonstrated. The technique encodes the information content in both nonstationary noise processes and in the average optical power, thereby creating two orthogonal channels and increasing the transmission capacity. Communication via the fragile quantum state has potential applications for privatized communication.

Physical Review Letters•Jun 16, 2005•3 citations

Quantum noise in energy-efficient slow light structures for optical computing: sqeezed light from slow light

Ryan Hamerly, Kambiz Jamshidi, Hideo Mabuchi

Due to their strong light confinement, waveguides with optical nonlinearities may be a promising platform for energy-efficient optical computing. Slow light can enhance a waveguide’s effective nonlinearity, which could result in devices that operate in low-power regimes where quantum fluctuations are important, and may also have quantum applications including squeezing and entanglement generation. In this manuscript, slow-light structures based on the Kerr (χ(3)) nonlinearity are analyzed using a semi-classical model to account for the quantum noise. We develop a hybrid split-step / Runge-Kutta numerical model to compute the mean field and squeezing spectrum for pulses propagating down a waveguide, and use this model to study squeezing produced in optical waveguides. Scaling relations are explored, and the benefits and limitations of slow light are discussed in the context of squeezing.

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE•Apr 29, 2016•0 citations
We analyze a ber-optic component which could nd multiple uses in novel information-processing systems utilizing squeezed states of light. Our approach is based on the phenomenon of photon-number squeezing of soliton noise after the soliton has propagated through a nonlinear optical ber. Applications of this component in optical networks for quantum computation and quantum cryptography are discussed.
The origin of quantum noise is addressed and it can be eliminated when the quantum state is optimally prepared for the single measured observable. Minimum uncertainty states are reviewed using Q (α) -representation, which include squeezed states and number-phase minimum uncertainty states. Squeezing is a concept of trading quantum uncertainties between two conjugate observables to optimize the state for the measurement. Need for optical nonlinearity to achieve squeezing is induced. Principles and experimental results for squeezing quadrature amplitude and photon number are delineated. Applications to optical communications and optical precision measurement are briefly stated.
In this paper, the squeezed quantum state is generated using an optical parametric oscillator via a spontaneous parametric down conversion technique to investigate squeezed states with quantum noise in one quadrature below the standard quantum limit at the expense of the other. The setup involves four main parts: generation of Nd-YAG second harmonic via a ring resonator, squeezed cavity with a nonlinear crystal inside to generate the squeezed state, Pound-Drever-Hall technique to stabilize the laser in the squeezed cavity and balanced homodyne receiver with high efficiency to detect the squeezed state. A comparison in error probability is addressed between the quantum coherent classical and the quantum squeezed non-classical state in the presence of thermal noise and the dissipation. It is found that with extremely low number of photons, the squeezed state is robust against channel noise.
Electromagnetic fields, with the noise on one quadrature component reduced to below the quantum mechanical zero-point fluctuation level and the noise on the other quadrature component enhanced to above it, are currently of great interest in quantum optics because of their potential applications to various precision measurements. Such squeezed states of light are usually produced by imposing nonlinear unitary evolution on coherent (or vacuum) states. On the other hand, squeezed states with reduced photon number noise and enhanced phase noise are generated directly by a constant current-driven semiconductor laser. This is the simplest scheme for the generation of nonclassical light, and so far it has yielded the largest quantum noise reduction. The mutual coupling between a lasing junction and an external electrical circuit provides opportunities for exploring the macroscopic and microscopic quantum effects in open systems.
Due to their strong light confinement, waveguides with optical nonlinearities may be a promising platform for energy-efficient optical computing. Slow light can enhance a waveguide’s effective nonlinearity, which could result in devices that operate in low-power regimes where quantum fluctuations are important, and may also have quantum applications including squeezing and entanglement generation. In this manuscript, slow-light structures based on the Kerr (χ(3)) nonlinearity are analyzed using a semi-classical model to account for the quantum noise. We develop a hybrid split-step / Runge-Kutta numerical model to compute the mean field and squeezing spectrum for pulses propagating down a waveguide, and use this model to study squeezing produced in optical waveguides. Scaling relations are explored, and the benefits and limitations of slow light are discussed in the context of squeezing.