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Frontiers in Optics

Quantum-Enhanced Two-Photon Spectroscopy using Squeezed Light

Savannah L. Cuozzo, Scott E. Bisson, J. Bartolick, Scott A. Steinmetz, Christopher J. Kliewer, David Chandler, Daniel Soh

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present our work towards a highly efficient quantum-enhanced two-photon spectroscopy method relying on the strong correlations generated in our squeezed light source. This method permits very few probing photons while maintaining a high SNR.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2023.fth1b.2

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