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arXiv:quant-ph/9801051 · Europhysics Letters (EPL)

Squeezing with cold atoms

Astrid Lambrecht, T. Coudreau, Aephraim M. Steinberg, E. Giacobino

Published Oct 10, 1996• 74 citations
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Abstract

Cold atoms from a magneto-optic trap have been used as a nonlinear (χ (3) ) medium in a nearly resonant cavity. Squeezing in a probe beam passing through the cavity was demonstrated. The measured noise reduction is 40% for free atoms and 20% for weakly trapped atoms.
DOI
10.1209/epl/i1996-00192-1

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