Squeezing with cold atoms
- 10 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 36 (2) , 93-98
- https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00192-1
Abstract
Cold atoms from a magneto-optic trap have been used as a nonlinear medium in a nearly resonant cavity. Squeezing in a probe beam passing through the cavity was demonstrated. The measured noise reduction is 40% for free atoms and 20% for weakly trapped atoms.Keywords
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