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Photon statistics of squeezed light from a silicon nitride microresonator without photon number resolving detectors

Massimo Borghi, Emanuele Brusaschi, Marcello Bacchi, Marco Liscidini, Mattéo Galli, Daniele Bajoni

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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We measure the photon number statistics of squeezed light from a silicon nitride resonator using on-off detectors. The distribution is well described by that of the product of a two-mode squeezer and two uncorrelated single-mode thermal states.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2024.ff2h.5

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