Squeezing in downconversion in a quasi-phase-matched medium

被引:7
作者
Chickarmane, VS [1 ]
Agarwal, GS [1 ]
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[1] Phys Res Lab, Ahmedabad 308009, Gujarat, India
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10.1364/OL.23.001132
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We consider the generation of squeezed light in the process of degenerate downconversion in a quasi-phase-matched periodically poled nonlinear medium. The squeezing in the downconverted mode is analyzed for different orders of quasi-phase matching and for phase-mismatch parameter as well as varying pump input powers. The results show that a high degree of squeezing and high powers can be obtained for well-matched interactions. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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