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Demonstration of a Squeezed Light Source on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Without Periodic Poling

Tummas Napoleon Arge, Seongmin Jo, Huy Quang Nguyen, Francesco Lenzini, Jens Arnbak Holbøll Nielsen, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Jonas Schou Neergaard-Nielsen, Tobias Gehring, Ulrik L. Andersen

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Squeezed quantum states are the fundamental building block for continuous-variable quantum computing. We demonstrate a squeezed light source on an integrated LNOI platform with a shot noise reduction of 0.5 dB without periodic poling.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2024.qw2a.2

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