Conversion of Poisson Photons into Sub-Poisson Photons by the Action of Electron Feedback
- 22 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 57 (12) , 1417-1420
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.1417
Abstract
Poisson photons may be converted into sub-Poisson (amplitude-squeezed) photons by the action of an electron current configured in an external feedback loop. The generation mechanism involves single-photon transitions so that the source can be made arbitrarily sub-Poissonian. Non-linear optics is not invoked. A useful configuration involves a photon emitter illuminating a detector-source combination in a closed-loop system. Two solid-state implementations of the detector-source combination are suggested.Keywords
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