• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 1, 014207-1 (2020)
Guan-Hua Zuo1, Chen Yang1, Jun-Xiang Zhao1, Zhuang-Zhuang Tian1, Shi-Yao Zhu3, Yu-Chi Zhang2、*, and Tian-Cai Zhang1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Qptics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 2College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 3Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20191009 Cite this Article
    Guan-Hua Zuo, Chen Yang, Jun-Xiang Zhao, Zhuang-Zhuang Tian, Shi-Yao Zhu, Yu-Chi Zhang, Tian-Cai Zhang. Generation of bright polarization squeezed light at cesium D2 line based on optical parameter amplifier [J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(1): 014207-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Quantum light field is very important source in quantum optics and quantum precision measurement, and the generation of quantum state of light is significant in quantum storage, quantum metrology and studying the interaction between nonclassical light and matter. The polarization squeezed light near the atomic transition has great potential applications in the precise measurement of magnetic field as its Stokes parameter’s noise is less than the standard quantum limit (SQL). Therefore, it is very important to generate the polarization squeezed light at atomic transition. We report in this paper the experiment on generating the bright polarization squeezed light at cesium D2 line based on an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The experimental system includes the following three parts: 1) a second harmonic generator (SHG), 2) an OPA, and 3) a detection system. The OPA has a similar structure to the SHG system with four-mirror ring cavity in which only the fundamental wave is resonant. A nonlinear type-I periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) crystal with a size of 1 mm × 2 mm × 20 mm is placed in the center of the cavity waist and its temperature is precisely controlled. The OPA is pumped by the 426 nm blue light which is generated by SHG and this OPA is operating below the threshold. The squeezed light at cesium D2 line is produced when the crystal temperature is at its optimum phase-matching temperature and the OPA cavity is stabilized based on resonance. The generated squeezed light is combined with the coherent light on a polarizing beam splitter (PBS) to obtain the polarized squeezed light for either ${\hat S_2} $ or ${\hat S_3} $ of the Stokes parameter by controlling the type of squeezed light (parametric amplification or de-amplification) and the relative phase (0 or π/2) of two beams. And for ${\hat S_1} $, the amplitude-squeezed light (corresponding to parametric de-amplification) is the ${\hat S_1} $ squeezed light. The maximum squeezing of 4.3 dB (actually 5.2 dB) is observed in a bandwidth range of 2-10 MHz. At present, the squeezing is mainly limited by the escape efficiency of OPA and the detection efficiency, and the OPA escape efficiency is mainly limited by the blue-light-induced loss of PPKTP crystal and the thermal effect of crystal. In the optical atomic magnetometer, increasing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the system can effectively improve the sensitivity of the magnetic field measurement. This bright polarization squeezed light is expected to be used in the optical cesium atomic magnetometer to improve the sensitivity of the magnetometer.
    Guan-Hua Zuo, Chen Yang, Jun-Xiang Zhao, Zhuang-Zhuang Tian, Shi-Yao Zhu, Yu-Chi Zhang, Tian-Cai Zhang. Generation of bright polarization squeezed light at cesium D2 line based on optical parameter amplifier [J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(1): 014207-1
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