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10-Hertz squeezed light source generation on the cesium D2 line using single photon modulation

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Generation of squeezed light source is a promising technique to overcome the standard quantum limit in precision measurement. Here, we demonstrate an experimental generation of quadrature squeezing resonating on the cesium D2 line down to 10 Hz for the first time. The maximum squeezing in audio frequency band is 5.57 dB. Moreover, we have presented a single-photon modulation locking to control the squeezing angle, while effectively suppressing the influence of laser noise on low-frequency squeezing. The whole system operates steadily for hours. The generated low-frequency squeezed light source can be applied in quantum metrology, light-matter interaction investigation and quantum memory in the audio frequency band and even below.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. U21A6006, 11634008, 61875147, and 62175176) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFA0304502).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China

    Guan-Hua Zuo, Gang Li, Peng-Fei Zhang, Peng-Fei Yang & Tian-Cai Zhang

  2. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China

    Yu-Chi Zhang

  3. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Shi-Yao Zhu

  4. Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Yan-Qiang Guo

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Zuo, GH., Zhang, YC., Li, G. et al. 10-Hertz squeezed light source generation on the cesium D2 line using single photon modulation. Front. Phys. 18, 32301 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-022-1246-2

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