HIGHER-ORDER AMPLITUDE SQUEEZING OF PHOTONS PROPAGATING THROUGH A SEMICONDUCTOR

Kth power photon amplitude squeezing is studied when the coherent phot on propagates through a semiconductor containing the exciton. If the e xciton is prepared initially ill a coherent state, the photon may beco me Kth power amplitude squeezed. It is shown that, in the short-time l imit, the photon squeezing in the P direction does not appear at all w hile that in the X direction is possible for all the amplitude powers K. In the latter case, the amount of squeezing is larger for higher po wer K. The dependences on all the system parameters as well as on the output light detection moment are investigated in detail. (C) 1997 Pub lished by Elsevier Science B.V.