Suppression of Laser Shot Noise Using Laser-Cooled OptoMechanical Systems

Abstract

The goal of this effort was to create squeezed light with intensity fluctuations 15 dB below the shot noise level. This goal was to be achieved by integrating ultrasensitive MEMS inside a high finesse optical cavity at cryogenic temperatures. While we have not yet demonstrated squeezing, we have overcome what proved to be the most challenging technical hurdle: coupling laser light into a high finesse cavity containing an ultrasensitive MEMS at T = 5 K. Since this was the major technical novelty in this project, we expect that this device will be able to demonstrate squeezing in a fairly short time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 2010
Accession Number
ADA546917

Entities

People

  • Jack G. Harris

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Laser Beams
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Optical Absorption
  • Optical Lattices
  • Optics
  • Optomechanics
  • Physics
  • Scattering
  • Shot Noise
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy