Quantum squeezing enhancement based on phase-sensitive cascaded four-wave mixing processes

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy - Tập 66 - Trang 1-6 - 2023
Yanbo Lou1, Yingxuan Chen1, Jiabin Wang1, Shengshuai Liu1, Jietai Jing1,2,3
1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Joint Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
2CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai, China
3Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Tóm tắt

Quantum squeezing is an important quantum resource for quantum metrology as it can improve the measurement precision. By enhancing the quantum squeezing level, the measurement precision can be further improved. Here, we experimentally implement quantum squeezing enhancement based on phase-sensitive cascaded four-wave mixing (CFWM) processes. The intensity-difference squeezing (IDS) between the two outputs of the phase-sensitive CFWM processes is enhanced to about 7.42 dB compared with IDS generated by the single four-wave mixing (FWM) process (about 3.31 or 4.01 dB). Such enhancement is enabled by both the intrinsic interference nature of phase-sensitive CFWM processes and the contribution of more gain from the two FWM processes. In addition, we measure IDS levels generated by phase-sensitive CFWM processes at different internal-phase-locking points, which shows that the internal phase plays an important role in IDS enhancement. Our scheme provides a new method for improving the degree of IDS and may find potential applications in enhancing the measurement precision in quantum metrology.

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