Title :
Enhanced fiber squeezing via local-oscillator pulse compression
Author :
Shapiro, Jeffrey H. ; Joneckis, Lance G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
It is shown that the Gaussian-pulse-profile limit on fiber squeezing can be circumvented via LO pulse compression. In loop-mirror fiber-squeezing experiments the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) bright-fringe output pulse-augmented with an adjustable phase bias-is used as the LO pulse for homodyne detection of the MZI´s dark-fringe output
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical squeezing; Gaussian-pulse-profile limit; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; adjustable phase bias; bright-fringe output pulse; dark-fringe output; enhanced fiber squeezing; homodyne detection; local-oscillator pulse compression; loop-mirror fiber-squeezing experiments; Frequency; Gaussian noise; Laboratories; Local oscillators; Noise reduction; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Pulse compression methods; Quantum mechanics; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1473-5
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1994.470784
