SQUEEZING WITH COLD ATOMS

Authors
LAMBRECHT A COUDREAU T STEINBERG AM GIACOBINO E
Citation
A. Lambrecht et al., SQUEEZING WITH COLD ATOMS, Europhysics letters, 36(2), 1996, pp. 93-98
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
93 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1996)36:2<93:SWCA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Cold atoms from a magneto-optic trap have been used as a nonlinear (ch i((3))) medium in a nearly resonant cavity. Squeezing in a probe beam passing through the cavity was demonstrated. The measured noise reduct ion is 40% for free atoms and 20% for weakly trapped atoms.