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Broadband squeezer of microwave light

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‘Squeezing’ of light can be used to alter the distribution of quantum noise to benefit quantum sensing and other applications. An improved design for a microwave photon squeezer provides high performance over a large bandwidth.

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Fig. 1: The generation of single-mode and two-mode squeezing.

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Abdo, B. Broadband squeezer of microwave light. Nat. Phys. 19, 616–617 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01940-9

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