Soliton squeezing in a Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometer - art. no. 031801

Authors
Fiorentino, M Sharping, JE Kumar, P Levandovsky, D Vasilyev, M
Citation
M. Fiorentino et al., Soliton squeezing in a Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometer - art. no. 031801, PHYS REV A, 6403(3), 2001, pp. 1801
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
ISSN journal
10502947 → ACNP
Volume
6403
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(200109)6403:3<1801:SSIAMF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A scheme for generating amplitude squeezed light by means of soliton self-p hase modulation is experimentally demonstrated. By injecting 180-fs pulses into an equivalent Mach-Zehnder fiber interferometer, a maximum noise reduc tion of 4.4 +/- 0.3 dB; is obtained (6.3 +/- 0.6 dB when corrected for loss es). The dependence of noise reduction on the interferometer splitting rati o and fiber length is studied in detail.