SQUEEZED OPTICAL SOLITONS

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作者
ROSENBLUH, M [1 ]
SHELBY, RM [1 ]
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[1] BAR ILAN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,RAMAT GAN,ISRAEL
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.153
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have experimentally demonstrated the squeezing of optical solitons, resulting in a detected photocurrent noise power (32 +/- 3)% (1.7 dB) below the shot-noise limit over a broadband of frequencies. The squeezing is accomplished using the Kerr nonlinearity of a polarization-preserving single-mode optical fiber at liquid-nitrogen temperature. Squeezed solitons, 1.1 dB below the shot-noise limit, were observed at room temperature.
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