Title :
Soliton squeezing at GHz rate in a Sagnac loop
Author :
Yu, C.X. ; Haus, H.A. ; Ippen, E.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first all-fiber squeezing experiment at room temperature. A record 6.1+/-0.2 dB of noise reduction below shot noise has been obtained without stabilization. When loss is taken into account, /spl sim/11 dB of squeezing is inferred.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical noise; optical solitons; optical squeezing; shot noise; GHz rate; Sagnac loop; all-fiber squeezing experiment; noise reduction; room temperature; shot noise; soliton squeezing; Detectors; Fiber lasers; Gunshot detection systems; Noise cancellation; Noise level; Noise measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Sagnac interferometers; Solitons; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-663-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2001.962251
