Abstract
Pulsed squeezed light and intensity-correlated twin beams are generated by means of a traveling-wave optical parametric amplifier (OPA) consisting of a type-II phase-matched KTiOPO4 crystal that is pumped by a Q-switched and frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser. Q switching of the laser results in a high peak pump intensity and a large peak parametric gain. Squeezed light is generated by amplifying the vacuum input field to the OPA, and it is detected by a balanced homodyne configuration that uses the fundamental beam of the laser as a local oscillator.1 Twin beams are generated by supplying a small input signal to the OPA. The amplified signal and idler beams are direct-detected individually and yield quantum-noise reduction when the two photocurrents are subtracted.
© 1990 Optical Society of America
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