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arXiv:quant-ph/0410142 · Optics Letters

Efficient polarization squeezing in optical fibers

Joel Heersink, Vincent Josse, Gerd Leuchs, Ulrik L. Andersen

Published May 15, 2005• 85 citations
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Abstract

We report on a novel and efficient source of polarization squeezing that uses a single pass through an optical fiber. Using the fiber's two orthogonal polarization axes produces two identical squeezed beams. Combining these in a Stokes measurement generates polarization squeezing of up to 5.1 +/- 0.3 dB. Furthermore, this scheme enables us to directly measure, for both polarizations, the noise of any given quadrature.

DOI
10.1364/ol.30.001192

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