Generation of Non-Classical Light by Four-Wave Mixing in Semiconductors
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Published:1998-06
Issue:02
Volume:07
Page:167-180
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ISSN:0218-8635
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Container-title:Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Nonlinear Optic. Phys. Mat.
Author:
Fox A. M.1,
Dabbicco M.1,
Ryan J. F.1
Affiliation:
1. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, U.K.
Abstract
We describe experiments to generate non-classical quadrature squeezed states of light by four-wave mixing in semiconductors. Squeezing can be achieved with either the diagonal or off-diagonal components of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility tensor. We have demonstrated squeezing by self-phase modulation in ZnS at 780 nm, and by cross-phase modulation in ZnSe at 960 nm. Possibilities for generating squeezed light in other materials by these techniques are discussed.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials