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Spatial Multiplexing of Squeezed Light by Coherence Diffusion
Physical Review Letters
  • Jian Sun
  • (...), (...)
  • Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, William & Mary
  • Irina Novikova, William & Mary
  • et al., et al.
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Pub Date
11-1-2019
Abstract

Spatially splitting nonclassical light beams is in principle prohibited due to noise contamination during beam splitting. We propose a platform based on thermal motion of atoms to realize spatial multiplexing of squeezed light. Light channels of separate spatial modes in an antirelaxation coated vapor cell share the same long-lived atomic coherence jointly created by all channels through the coherent diffusion of atoms, which in turn enhances the individual channel’s nonlinear process responsible for light squeezing. Consequently, it behaves as squeezed light in one optical channel transferring to other distant channels even with laser powers below the threshold for squeezed light generation. An array of squeezed light beams is created with low laser power ∼ milliwatt. This approach holds great promise for applications in a multinode quantum network and quantum enhanced technologies such as quantum imaging and sensing.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.203604
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Jian Sun, (...), Eugeniy E. Mikhailov, Irina Novikova, et al.. "Spatial Multiplexing of Squeezed Light by Coherence Diffusion" Physical Review Letters Vol. 123 Iss. 20 (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eugeniy-mikhailov/53/