Optics Express

10-dB squeeze laser tuneable over half a nanometer around 1550 nm

Malte Hagemann, Jascha Zander, Axel Schönbeck, Roman Schnabel

Published Feb 9, 2024• 4 citations

Abstract

Lasers for generating monochromatic light beams with sideband spectra in strongly squeezed vacuum states are the basis for aspired optical continuous-variable quantum computers. We have developed a "squeeze laser" that produces 10 dB squeezed vacuum states at a wavelength of 1550 nm, the latter being tunable by 0.5 nm without losing the high squeeze factor. Several identical squeeze lasers can thus be combined to realise wavelength-division multiplexing. Our squeeze laser uses the mature technology of parametric down-conversion in a periodically poled KTP crystal placed in a cavity that resonates both the squeezed field and the second harmonic pump field. Unlike previous realisations, we achieve the double resonance and phase matching by individually optimising and controlling the temperatures of two sections of the crystal body. The wavelength range is currently limited by the tuneability of the 1550 nm master laser.

DOI: 10.1364/oe.507573

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