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In this chapter we shall describe how the squeezing spectrum may be calculated for intracavity nonlinear optical processes.We shall confine the examples to processes described by an effective Hamiltonian where the medium is treated classically. We are able to extend the treatment o squeezing in the parametric oscillator to the above threshold regime. In addition, we calculate the squeezing spectrum for second harmonic generation and dispersive optical bistability. We also consider the non degenerate parametric oscillator where it is possible to achieve intensity fluctuations below the shot-noise level for the difference in the signal and idle intensities. Two applications of squeezed light will be discussed: interferometric detection of gravitational radiation and sub-shot-noise phase measurements.
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Walls, D., Milburn, G.J. (2008). Generation and Applications of Squeezed Light. In: Walls, D., Milburn, G.J. (eds) Quantum Optics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28574-8_8
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