Generation of continuous-wave bright-squeezed light

Stephan Schiller; G. Breitenbach; Silvania F. Pereira; Ruediger Paschotta; A. G. White; Juergen Mlynek

doi:10.1117/12.208222

26 April 1995 Generation of continuous-wave bright-squeezed light

Stephan Schiller, G. Breitenbach, Silvania F. Pereira, Ruediger Paschotta, A. G. White, Juergen Mlynek

Proceedings Volume 2378, Laser Frequency Stabilization and Noise Reduction; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208222
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We discuss different approaches to the generation of bright amplitude-squeezed light using second-order nonlinear effects in optical cavities. A 0.2 mW beam at 1064 nm exhibiting a 4 dB squeezing has been generated using a phase-sensitive type-I parametric amplifier pumped by frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser. In applying frequency-doubling processes to the generation of amplitude-squeezed light, the appearance of parasitic parametric oscillation must be considered. This effect has been observed in a singly-resonant frequency doubler. We also describe recent developments in optical cavity design for doubly-resonant frequency doubling. Finally, we show theoretically that phase-mismatched second-harmonic generation in an optical cavity can be employed to generate a strong effective Kerr nonlinearity. This system appears promising for achieving optical bistability and for generating squeezed light of high power.

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Stephan Schiller, G. Breitenbach, Silvania F. Pereira, Ruediger Paschotta, A. G. White, and Juergen Mlynek "Generation of continuous-wave bright-squeezed light", Proc. SPIE 2378, Laser Frequency Stabilization and Noise Reduction, (26 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208222

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