[9p-P04-1~7] 3.9 Optical quantum physics and technologies

English Presentation

[9p-P04-2] Broadband photon-number squeezing in optical fiber using a 10-fs Ti:Sapphire laser

〇(P)Zicong Xu^1,2, Kazuki Hashimoto¹, Yasuyuki Ozeki^2,3, Takuro Ideguchi¹ (1.UTokyo (Science), 2.UTokyo (RCAST), 3.UTokyo (Engineering))

Keywords:

squeezed light,fiber squeezing,ultrashort pulse

In this presentation, we demonstrate photon-number squeezing via the optical Kerr effect in a standard, low-cost polarization-maintaining fiber, driven by an ultrashort 10-fs Ti:Sapphire laser. A squeezing level of −0.86 dB was directly observed.