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The computations also suggest that transient gain should be observed with coupling field power only four times larger than that presently available to us. } } @Article{harris90prl, author = "S. E. Harris and J. E. Field and A. Imamoglu ", title = "Nonlinear optical processes using electromagnetically induced transparency", journal = "Phys. Rev. Lett.", year = "1990", volume = "64", number = "10", pages = "1107--1110", month = "Mar", abstract = { We show that by applying a strong-coupling field between a metastable state and the upper state of an allowed transition to ground one may obtain a resonantly enhanced third-order susceptibility while at the same time inducing transparency of the media. An improvement in conversion efficiency and parametric gain, as compared to weak-coupling field behavior, of many orders of magnitude is predicted. } } @Article{harris'92, author = "S.\ E.\ Harris and J.\ E.\ Field and A.\ Kasapi", title = "DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES OF ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY", journal = "Phys.\ Rev.\ A", year = "1992", volume = "46", number = "1", pages = "R29 -- R32", month = "JUL", abstract = { An atomic transition that has been made transparent by applying an additional electromagnetic field exhibits a rapidly varying refractive index with zero group velocity dispersion at line center. 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Weis", title = "Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms", journal = "Rev.\ Mod.\ Phys.", year = "2002", volume = "74", issue = {4}, pages = "1153--1201", month = {Nov}, doi = {10.1103/RevModPhys.74.1153}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.74.1153}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, abstract = { The authors review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods, and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. They begin by describing the pioneering work of Macaluso and Corbino over a century ago on linear magneto-optical effects (in which the properties of the medium do not depend on the light power) in the vicinity of atomic resonances. These effects are then contrasted with various nonlinear magneto-optical phenomena that have been studied both theoretically and experimentally since the late 1960s. 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Nevertheless, there exist various proposals for observing faster-than- c propagation of light pulses, using anomalous dispersion near an absorption line, nonlinear and linear gain lines, or tunnelling barriers. However, in all previous experimental demonstrations, the light pulses experienced either very large absorption or severe reshaping, resulting in controversies over the interpretation. Here we use gain-assisted linear anomalous dispersion to demonstrate superluminal light propagation in atomic caesium gas. The group velocity of a laser pulse in this region exceeds c and can even become negative, while the shape of the pulse is preserved. We measure a group-velocity index of ng = -310(+-5); in practice, this means that a light pulse propagating through the atomic vapour cell appears at the exit side so much earlier than if it had propagated the same distance in a vacuum that the peak of the pulse appears to leave the cell before entering it. The observed superluminal light pulse propagation is not at odds with causality, being a direct consequence of classical interference between its different frequency components in an anomalous dispersion region. }, } @Article{wang2001pra, author = "A. Dogariu and A. Kuzmich and L. J. Wang", title = "Transparent anomalous dispersion and superluminal light-pulse propagation at a negative group velocity", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "2001", month = "MAY", volume = "63", number = "5", pages = "053806", abstract = {}, } @alias{kuzmich2001prl=ChiaoPhysRevLett.86.3925} @article{ChiaoPhysRevLett.86.3925, title = {Signal Velocity, Causality, and Quantum Noise in Superluminal Light Pulse Propagation}, author = {Kuzmich, A. and Dogariu, A. and Wang, L. J. and Milonni, P. W. and Chiao, R. Y.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. 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Lukin", title = "Storage of Light in Atomic Vapor", pages = "783--786", journal = "Phys. Rev. Lett.", year = "2001", month = "JAN", volume = "86", number = "5", abstract = { We report an experiment in which a light pulse is effectively decelerated and trapped in a vapor of Rb atoms, stored for a controlled period of time, and then released on demand. We accomplish this "storage of light" by dynamically reducing the group velocity of the light pulse to zero, so that the coherent excitation of the light is reversibly mapped into a Zeeman (spin) coherence of the Rb vapor. }, } @Article{harris99prl, author = "S.~E.~Harris and L.~V.~Hau", title = "Nonlinear optics at low light levels", pages = "4611", journal = "Phys. Rev. Lett.", year = "1999", volume = 82, abstract = { We show how the combination of electromagnetically induced transparency based nonlinear optics and cold atom technology, under conditions of ultraslow light propagation, allows nonlinear processes at energies of a few photons per atomic cross section. } } @Article{akulshin03pra, title = {Light propagation in an atomic medium with steep and sign-reversible dispersion}, author = {Akulshin, A. M. and Cimmino, A. and Sidorov, A. I. and Hannaford, P. and Opat, G. I.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {67}, issue = {1}, pages = {011801}, numpages = {4}, year = {2003}, month = {Jan}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.67.011801}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.011801}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, abstract = { We show that ground-state Zeeman coherence prepared by two-photon Raman transitions in alkali atoms results in steep controllable and sign-reversible dispersion. Pulse propagation with small negative as well as positive group velocity of light (-c/5100 and c/41 000) in a Cs vapor cell is reported. Energy exchange between copropagating light components through long-lived Zeeman coherence with enhanced absorption or transmission has been observed. } } @Article{akulshin03joptb, author = "A. M. Akulshin and A. Cimmino and A. I. Sidorov and R. McLean and P. Hannaford", title = "Highly nonlinear atomic medium with steep and sign-reversible dispersion", journal = "J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt.", volume = "5", number = "4", pages = "S479-S485", year = "2003", abstract = {} } @Article{godone02pra, author = "Aldo Godone and Filippo Levi and Salvatore Micalizio", title = "Slow light and superluminality in the coherent population trapping maser", journal = "Phys. Rev. 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Welch", title = "Absorption resonance and large negative delay in {R}b vapor with buffer gas", journal = "JOSA B", volume = "21", number = "2", pages = "425-428", month = "FEB", year = "2004", abstract = { We observe a narrow, isolated, two-photon absorption resonance in 87Rb for large one-photon detuning in the presence of a buffer gas. In the absence of a buffer gas, a standard Lambda configuration of two laser frequencies gives rise to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) for all values of one-photon detuning throughout the inhomogeneously (Doppler) broadened line. However, when a buffer gas is added and the one-photon detuning is comparable to or greater than the Doppler width, an absorption resonance appears instead of the usual EIT resonance. We also observe a large negative group delay (almost equal to -300 s for a Gaussian pulse that propagates through the media with respect to a reference pulse not affected by the media), corresponding to a superluminal group velocity vg = -c/(3.6 10 6) = -84 m/s. } } @Article{mikhailov'03prep, author = "E.\ E.\ Mikhailov and V.\ A.\ Sautenkov and Y.\ V.\ Rostovtsev and G.\ R.\ Welch", title = "Absorption resonance and large negative delay in {R}b vapor with buffer gas", journal = "LANL e-Print archive", year = "2003", pages = "", source = "http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309151", URL = "http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309151", abstract = { We observe a narrow, isolated, two-photon absorption resonance in Rb for large one-photon detuning in the presence of a buffer gas. In the absence of buffer gas, a standard Lambda configuration of two laser frequencies gives rise to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) for all values of one-photon detuning throughout the inhomogeneously (Doppler) broadened line. However, when a buffer gas is added and the one-photon detuning is comparable to or greater than the Doppler width, an absorption resonance appears instead of the usual EIT resonance. We also observe large negative group delay (~ -300 us for a Gaussian pulse propagating through the media with respect to a reference pulse not affected by the media), corresponding to a superluminal group velocity v_g= -c/(3.6x10^6)=-84 m/s. } } @Article{mikhailov04pra, author = "Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Irina Novikova and Yuri V. Rostovtsev and George R. Welch", title = "Buffer-gas induced absorption resonances in {R}b vapor", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "2004", pages = "033806", volume = "70", month = "SEP", source = "http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v70/e033806", abstract = { We observe transformation of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) resonance into an absorption resonance in a Lambda interaction configuration in a cell filled with 87Rb and a buffer gas. This transformation occurs as one-photon detuning of the coupling fields is varied from the atomic transition. No such absorption resonance is found in the absence of a buffer gas. The width of the absorption resonance is several times smaller than the width of the EIT resonance, and the changes of absorption near these resonances are about the same. Similar absorption resonances are detected in the Hanle configuration in a buffered cell. } } @Article{mikhailov03praprep, author = "Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Irina Novikova and Yuri V. Rostovtsev and George R. Welch", title = "Buffer-gas induced absorption resonances in {R}b vapor", journal = "LANL e-Print archive", year = "2003", pages = "", source = "http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309171", URL = "http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309171", abstract = { We observe the transformation of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) resonance to absorption in a Lambda configuration in a cell filled by Rb and buffer gas. This transformation occurs as the one-photon detuning of the coupling field is varied from resonance. No such absorption resonance is found in the absence of buffer gas. The width of the absorption resonance is several times smaller than the width of the EIT resonance, and its amplitude is about the same. Similar absorption resonances are detected in Hanle configuration in a buffered cell, although the reasons for these effects are quite different. } } @Article{mikhailov04praprep, author = "Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Vladimir A. Sautenkov and Irina Novikova and George R. Welch", title = "Large negative and positive delay of optical pulses in coherently prepared dense {R}b vapor with buffer gas", journal = "LANL e-Print archive", year = "2004", pages = "", source = "http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0402120", URL = "http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0402120", abstract = { We experimentally study the group time delay for a light pulse propagating through hot Rb vapor in the presence of a strong coupling field in a $\Lambda$ configuration. We demonstrate that the ultra-slow pulse propagation is transformed into superluminal propagation as the one-photon detuning of the light increases due to the change in the transmission resonance lineshape. Negative group velocity as low as -c/10^6=-80 m/s is recorded. 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Squeezed states can be generated by a variety of nonlinear optical processes, including degenerate parametric amplification. } } @article{caves1985pra_two_photon_I, publisher = {American Physical Society}, author = {Caves, Carlton M. and Schumaker, Bonny L.}, month = {May}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.31.3068}, year = {1985}, pages = {3068--3092}, title = {New formalism for two-photon quantum optics. I. Quadrature phases and squeezed states}, volume = {31}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.31.3068}, issue = {5}, abstract = { This paper introduces a new formalism for analyzing two-photon devices (e.g., parametric amplifiers and phase-conjugate mirrors), in which photons in the output modes are created or destroyed two at a time. The key property of a two-photon device is that it excites pairs of output modes independently. 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A", year = "2000", volume = "61", number = "6", pages = "061802", month = "JUN", abstract = { We present an ac heterodyne technique in cavity ringdown spectroscopy that permits 1 x 10-10 absorption sensitivity with microwatt-level light power. Two cavity modes, one probing the empty cavity and the other probing intracavity absorption, are excited simultaneously but with their intensities temporally out of phase, with one mode decaying and the other rising. Heterodyne detection between the two modes reveals the dynamic time constants associated with the empty cavity and the additional intracavity gas absorption. The method offers a quick comparison between the on- and off-resonance information, a prerequisite to reaching the fundamental shot-noise limit. This simple and yet important improvement of cavity ringdown spectroscopy should lead to the enhanced performance of a wide range of applications. } } @Article{sauer2004pra, author = "J. A. Sauer and K. M. Fortier and M. S. Chang and C. D. Hamley and M. S. Chapman", title = "Cavity QED with optically transported atoms", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "2004", volume = "69", number = "5", pages = "051804", month = "MAY", abstract = { Ultracold 87Rb atoms are delivered into a high-finesse optical microcavity using a translating optical lattice trap and detected via the cavity field. The atoms are loaded into an optical lattice from a magneto-optic trap and transported 1.5 cm into the cavity. Our cavity satisfies the strong-coupling requirements for a single intracavity atom, thus permitting real-time observation of single atoms transported into the cavity. This transport scheme enables us to vary the number of intracavity atoms from 1 to > 100 corresponding to a maximum atomic cooperativity parameter of 5400, the highest value ever achieved in an atom-cavity system. When many atoms are loaded into the cavity, optical bistability is directly measured in real-time cavity transmission. } } @Article{akamatsu2004prl, author = "D.~Akamatsu and K.~Akiba and M.~Kozuma", title = "Electromagnetically Induced Transparency with Squeezed Vacuum", journal = "Phys. Rev. Lett.", year = "2004", volume = "92", number = "20", pages = "203602", month = "MAY", abstract = { The squeezed vacuum resonant on the 87Rb D1 line (probe light) was injected into an optically dense rubidium gas cell with a coherent light (control light). The output probe light maintained its quadrature squeezing within the transparency window caused by the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). The results reported here are the first realization of EIT in the full quantum regime. } } @Article{collett1984pra, author = "M.~J.~Collett and C.~W.~Gardiner", title = "Squeezing of intracavity and traveling-wave light fields produced in parametric amplification", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "1984", month = "SEP", volume = "30", number = "3", pages = "1386-1391", abstract = { A general input-output theory for quantum dissipative systems is developed in which it is possible to relate output to input via the internal dynamics of a system. This is applied to the problem of computing the squeezing produced by a degenerate parametric amplifier located inside a cavity. The results for the internal modes are identical with those of Milburn and Walls [Opt. Commun. 39, 401 (1981)]. The output field is also found to have only 50% of maximal squeezing. However, by taking the output for a degenerate parametric amplifier inside a single-ended cavity and feeding this into an empty single-ended cavity, one can produce a maximally squeezed state inside this second cavity. }, } @Article{kramers1926nature, author = "H.A.~Kramers", title = "", journal = "Nature", year = "1926", month = "", volume = "117", number = "", pages = "775", abstract = { }, } @Article{kronig1926josa, author = "R. de L. Kronig", title = "", journal = "J. Opt. Soc. Am.", year = "1926", month = "", volume = "12", number = "", pages = "547", abstract = { }, } @Article{taichenachev2003pra, author = "A.~V.~Taichenachev and V.~I.~Yudin and R.~Wynands and M.~Stahler and J.~Kitching and L.~Hollberg", title = "", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "2003", month = "", volume = "67", number = "", pages = "033810", abstract = { }, } @Article{corbitt2004prd, author = "T. Corbitt and N. Mavalvala and S. Whitcomb", title = "Optical cavities as amplitude filters for squeezed fields", journal = "Phys. Rev. D", year = "2004", month = "", volume = "70", number = "", pages = "022002", abstract = { }, } @Article{lukin1998ol, author = "M. Lukin and M. Fleischhauer and M. Scully and V. L. Velichansky", title = "Intracavity electromagnetically induced transparency", journal = "Opt. Lett.", year = "1998", month = "", volume = "23", number = "4", pages = "295-297", abstract = { }, } @Article{harms2004prd, author = "J.~Harms and R.~Schnabel and K.~Danzmann", title = "", journal = "Phys.~Rev.~D", year = "2004", month = "", volume = "70", pages = "102001", abstract = { }, } @Article{peng2005pra, author = "A. Peng and M Johnsson and W. P. Bowen and P. K. Lam and H.-A. Bachor and J. J. Hope", title = "", journal = "Phys.~Rev.~A", year = "2005", month = "", volume = "71", pages = "033809", abstract = { }, } @Article{muller97pra, author = {G. M\"{u}ller and M. M\"{u}ller and A. Wicht and R.-H. Rinkleff and K. Danzmann}, title = "Optical resonator with steep internal dispersion", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "1997", volume = "56", number = "3", pages = "2385 -- 2389", month = "SEP", abstract = { We present an optical resonator with modified properties due to a nonabsorbing highly dispersive medium. The steep nonabsorbing dispersion is created with an additional pump field in an atomic beam using the effect of coherent population trapping. The linewidth of such a resonator depends on the slope of the dispersion line, which in turn depends on the atomic density and the intensity of pump and probe field. In the experiments presented here, the cavity linewidth is reduced by a factor of more than 50 relative to the linewidth of the empty resonator. We have studied the influence of the relative intensities of pump and probe field on the line profile. Due to the dispersion of the medium, the resonance frequency is nearly independent of the geometrical length of the resonator. } } @Article{Braje2003pra, author = {Danielle A. Braje and Vlatko Balic and G. Y. Yin and S. E. Harris}, title = "Low-light-level nonlinear optics with slow light", journal = "Phys. Rev. A", year = "2003", volume = "68", number = {4}, pages = "041801", numpages = {4}, month = "OCT", abstract = { Electromagnetically induced transparency in an optically thick, cold medium creates a unique system where pulse-propagation velocities may be orders of magnitude less than c and optical nonlinearities become exceedingly large. As a result, nonlinear processes may be efficient at low-light levels. Using an atomic system with three, independent channels, we demonstrate a quantum interference switch where a laser pulse with an energy per area of ~23 photons per lambda2/(2pi) causes a 1/e absorption of a second pulse. }, URL = "http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v68/e041801", } @Article{mikhailov05prlprep, author = "Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Keisuke Goda and Thomas Corbitt and Nergis Mavalvala ", title = "Frequency-Dependent Squeeze Amplitude Attenuation and Squeeze Angle Rotation by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency for Gravitational Wave Interferometers", journal = "LANL e-Print archive", year = "2005", pages = "", source = "http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0508102", URL = "http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0508102", abstract = { We study the effects of frequency-dependent squeeze amplitude attenuation and squeeze angle rotation by electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) on gravitational wave (GW) interferometers. We propose the use of low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass EIT filters, an S-shaped EIT filter, and an intra-cavity EIT filter to generate frequency-dependent squeezing for injection into the antisymmetric port of GW interferometers. We find that the EIT filters have several advantages over the previous filter designs with regard to optical losses, compactness, and the tunability of the filter linewidth. } } @article{mikhailov2005pra_eit_rot, title = {Frequency-dependent squeeze-amplitude attenuation and squeeze-angle rotation by electromagnetically induced transparency for gravitational-wave interferometers}, month = {May}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.73.053810}, author = {Mikhailov, Eugeniy E. and Goda, Keisuke and Corbitt, Thomas and Mavalvala, Nergis}, year = {2006}, issue = {5}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.053810}, numpages = {5}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, pages = {053810}, volume = {73} } @article{mikhailov2006pra_spectral_narrowing, title = {Spectral narrowing via quantum coherence}, author = {Mikhailov, Eugeniy E. and Sautenkov, Vladimir A. and Rostovtsev, Yuri V. and Zhang, Aihua and Zubairy, M. Suhail and Scully, Marlan O. and Welch, George R.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {74}, issue = {1}, pages = {013807}, numpages = {4}, year = {2006}, month = {Jul}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.74.013807}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.013807}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, abstract= { We have studied the transmission through an optically thick $^{87}$Rb vapor that is illuminated by monochromatic and noise-broadened laser fields in Λ configuration. The spectral width of the beat signal between the two fields after transmission through the atomic medium is more than 1000 times narrower than the spectral width of this signal before the medium. } } @article{goda2005pra, author = {Keisuke Goda and Kirk McKenzie and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Ping Koy Lam and David E. McClelland and Nergis Mavalvala}, collaboration = {}, title = {Photothermal fluctuations as a fundamental limit to low-frequency squeezing in a degenerate optical parametric oscillator}, publisher = {APS}, year = {2005}, journal = {\pra}, volume = {72}, number = {4}, eid = {043819}, pages = {043819}, keywords = {photothermal effects; optical squeezing; optical parametric amplifiers; light interferometers; gravitational wave detectors; optical noise}, link = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v72/e043819} } @article{mikhailovPRA06noninvasive, author = {Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Keisuke Goda and Nergis Mavalvala}, collaboration = {}, title = {Noninvasive measurements of cavity parameters by use of squeezed vacuum}, publisher = {APS}, year = {2006}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {74}, number = {3}, eid = {033817}, numpages = {6}, pages = {033817}, keywords = {optical squeezing; quantum noise; optical resonators; nonlinear optics}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v74/e033817}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033817} } @article{mckenzie_quantum_2005, title = {Quantum noise locking}, volume = {7}, issn = {1464-4266}, abstract = {Quantum optical states which have no coherent amplitude, such as squeezed vacuum states, cannot rely on standard readout techniques to generate error signals for control of the quadrature phase. Here we investigate the use of asymmetry in the quadrature variances to obtain a phase-sensitive readout and to lock the phase of a squeezed vacuum state, a technique which we call noise locking (NL). We carry out a theoretical derivation of the NL error signal and the associated stability of the squeezed and anti-squeezed lock points. Experimental data for the NL technique both in the presence and absence of coherent fields are shown, including a comparison with coherent locking techniques. Finally, we use NL to enable a stable readout of the squeezed vacuum state on a homodyne detector.}, journal = {Journal of Optics B}, author = {Kirk McKenzie and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Keisuke Goda and Ping Koy Lam and Nicolai Grosse and Malcolm B. Gray and Nergis Mavalvala and David E. McClelland}, year = {2005}, pages = {S421-S428} } @alias{PhysRevA.68.025801=ries_experimental_2003} @article{ries_experimental_2003, title = {Experimental vacuum squeezing in rubidium vapor via self-rotation}, author = {J. Ries and B. Brezger and A. I. Lvovsky}, year = {2003}, volume = {68}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v68/e025801}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.68.025801}, number = {2}, numpages = {4}, pages = {025801}, month = {Aug}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article{hsu_effect_2006, title = {Effect of atomic noise on optical squeezing via polarization self-rotation in a thermal vapor cell}, volume = {73}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v73/e023806}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, author = {M. T. L. Hsu and G. Hetet and A. Peng and C. C. Harb and H.-A. Bachor and M. T. Johnsson and J. J. Hope and P. K. Lam and A. Dantan and J. Cviklinski and A. Bramati and M. Pinard}, month = feb, year = {2006}, keywords = {optical noise,optical squeezing,quantum noise}, pages = {023806-9}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.73.023806}, } @article{novikova_large_sr_squeezing_2002, title = {Large polarization self-rotation in rubidium vapour: application for squeezing of electromagnetic vacuum}, url = {http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content\~content=a713825919\~db=all}, author = {I. Novikova and A. B. Matsko and G. R. Welch}, volume = {49}, number={14}, journal = {Journal of Modern Optics}, year = {2002}, pages = {2565-2581}, doi = {10.1080/0950034021000011293}, keywords = {Fibre Optics,Optical Communications,Optics \& Optoelectronics,Optics, Optoelectronic Effects, Devices \& Systems,Optoelectronics,squeezing}, } @article{hetet_squeezed_at_D1_Rb_2007, title = {Squeezed light for bandwidth-limited atom optics experiments at the rubidium {D}1 line}, volume = {40}, issn = {0953-4075}, abstract = {We report on the generation of more than 5 dB of vacuum squeezed light at the rubidium D1 line (795 nm) using periodically poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) in an optical parametric oscillator. We demonstrate squeezing at low sideband frequencies, making this source of non-classical light compatible with bandwidth-limited atom optics experiments. When PPKTP is operated as a parametric amplifier, we show a noise reduction of 4 dB stably locked within the 150 kHz-500 kHz frequency range. This matches the bandwidth of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in rubidium hot vapour cells under the condition of large information delay.}, journal = {Journal of Physics B}, author = {G. H{\'e}tet and O. Gl{\"o}ckl and K. A. Pilypas and C. C. Harb and B. C. Buchler and H.-A. Bachor and P. K. Lam}, year = {2007}, pages = {221-226} } @article{kozumaPRA10, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, numpages = {4}, month = {Feb}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.81.021605}, issue = {2}, author = {Arikawa, Manabu and Honda, Kazuhito and Akamatsu, Daisuke and Nagatsuka, Satoshi and Akiba, Keiichirou and Furusawa, Akira and Kozuma, Mikio}, title = {Quantum memory of a squeezed vacuum for arbitrary frequency sidebands}, year = {2010}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.021605}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, pages = {021605}, volume = {81} } @article{furusawaOE07, author = {Yuishi Takeno and Mitsuyoshi Yukawa and Hidehiro Yonezawa and Akira Furusawa}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {Homodyning; Squeezed states}, number = {7}, pages = {4321--4327}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Observation of -9 d{B} quadrature squeezing with improvement of phase stability in homodyne measurement}, volume = {15}, month = {Apr}, year = {2007}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-7-4321}, doi = {10.1364/OE.15.004321}, abstract = {We observe -9.01{\textpm}0.14 dB of squeezing and $+$15.12{\textpm}0.14 dB of antisqueezing with a local oscillator phase locked in homodyne measurement. Suzuki et al. have pointed out two main factors in \[Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 061116 (2006)\], which degrade the observed squeezing level:phase fluctuation in homodyne measurement and intracavity losses of an optical parametric oscillator for squeezing. We have improved the phase stability of homodyne measurement and have reduced the intracavity losses. We measure pump power dependences of the squeezing and antisqueezing levels, which show good agreement with theoretical calculations taking account of the phase fluctuation.}, } @alias{hondaPRL2008_sq_storage_in_Rb=furusawa08_prl_sq_eit} @article{furusawa08_prl_sq_eit, author = {Kazuhito Honda and Daisuke Akamatsu and Manabu Arikawa and Yoshihiko Yokoi and Keiichirou Akiba and Satoshi Nagatsuka and Takahito Tanimura and Akira Furusawa and Mikio Kozuma}, collaboration = {}, title = {Storage and Retrieval of a Squeezed Vacuum}, publisher = {APS}, year = {2008}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {100}, number = {9}, eid = {093601}, numpages = {4}, pages = {093601}, month = {Mar}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v100/e093601}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.093601} } @article{appel_sq_quantum_memory_Rb_2007, title = {Quantum memory for squeezed light}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2258}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {0709.2258}, author = {Juergen Appel and Eden Figueroa and Dmitry Korystov and A. I. Lvovsky}, month = sep, year = {2007} } @alias{lvovsky08prl_sq_eit=lvovskyPRL08} @article{lvovskyPRL08, author = {J\"{u}rgen Appel and Eden Figueroa and Dmitry Korystov and M. Lobino and A. I. Lvovsky}, collaboration = {}, title = {Quantum Memory for Squeezed Light}, year = {2008}, month = {Mar}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, volume = {100}, number = {9}, eid = {093602}, numpages = {4}, issn = {0031-9007}, pages = {093602}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v100/e093602}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.093602}, abstract = {We produce a 600-ns pulse of 1.86-dB squeezed vacuum at 795 nm in an optical parametric amplifier and store it in a rubidium vapor cell for 1 mu s using electromagnetically induced transparency. The recovered pulse, analyzed using time-domain homodyne tomography, exhibits up to 0.21 +/- 0.04 dB of squeezing. We identify the factors leading to the degradation of squeezing and investigate the phase evolution of the atomic coherence during the storage interval.}, } @article{lvovsky09njp_squeeziong_eit, author={Eden Figueroa and Mirko Lobino and Dmitry Korystov and Jurgen Appel and A. I. Lvovsky}, title={Propagation of squeezed vacuum under electromagnetically induced transparency}, journal={New Journal of Physics}, volume={11}, number={1}, pages={013044}, url={http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/11/013044}, year={2009}, abstract={We analyze the transmission of continuous-wave and pulsed squeezed vacuum through rubidium vapor under the conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency. Our analysis is based on a full theoretical treatment for a squeezed state of light propagating through temporal and spectral filters and detected using time and frequency-domain homodyne tomography. A model based on a three-level atom allows us to evaluate the linear losses and extra noise that degrade the nonclassical properties of the squeezed vacuum during the atomic interaction and eventually predict the quantum states of the transmitted light with a high precision.} } @article{chelkowski_10Hz_squeezing_2007, title = {Coherent control of broadband vacuum squeezing}, volume = {75}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v75/e043814}, journal = {Phys. Rev. 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Scully}, year = {2000}, pages = { 1651-1653} } @article{rochester_self-rotation_2001, title = {Self-rotation of resonant elliptically polarized light in collision-free rubidium vapor}, author = {Rochester, S. M. and Hsiung, D. S. and Budker, D. and Chiao, R. Y. and Kimball, D. F. and Yashchuk, V. V.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {63}, number = {4}, pages = {043814}, numpages = {10}, year = {2001}, month = {Mar}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.63.043814}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v63/e043814}, } @article{akamatsu_ultraslow_2007, title = {Ultraslow Propagation of Squeezed Vacuum Pulses with Electromagnetically Induced Transparency}, volume = {99}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v99/e153602}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Daisuke Akamatsu and Yoshihiko Yokoi and Manabu Arikawa and Satoshi Nagatsuka and Takahito Tanimura and Akira Furusawa and Mikio Kozuma}, month = oct, year = {2007}, keywords = {EIT,quantum noise,Quantum Physics,squeezing}, pages = {153602-4} } @article{chaneliere_storage_2005, title = {Storage and retrieval of single photons transmitted between remote quantum memories}, volume = {438}, issn = {0028-0836}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04315}, doi = {10.1038/nature04315}, journal = {Nature}, author = {T. Chaneliere and D. N. Matsukevich and S. D. Jenkins and S.-Y. Lan and T. A. B. Kennedy and A. Kuzmich}, month = dec, year = {2005}, pages = {833-836} } @alias{eisaman_electromagnetically_2005=eisaman_2005} @article{eisaman_2005, title = {Electromagnetically induced transparency with tunable single-photon pulses}, volume = {438}, issn = {0028-0836}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04327}, doi = {10.1038/nature04327}, journal = {Nature}, author = {M. D. Eisaman and A. Andr\'{e} and F. Massou and M. Fleischhauer and A. S. Zibrov and M. D. Lukin}, month = dec, year = {2005}, pages = {837-841} } @article{lezama_numerical_2008, title = {Numerical investigation of the quantum fluctuations of optical fields transmitted through an atomic medium}, volume = {77}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v77/e013806}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, author = {A. Lezama and P. Valente and H. Failache and M. Martinelli and P. Nussenzveig}, year = {2008}, keywords = {quantum entanglement}, pages = {013806-11} } @article{kolchin_generation_2006, title = {Generation of Narrow-Bandwidth Paired Photons: Use of a Single Driving Laser}, volume = {97}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v97/e113602}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Pavel Kolchin and Shengwang Du and Chinmay Belthangady and G. Y. Yin and S. E. Harris}, year = {2006}, pages = {113602-4} } @article{lukin03rmp, title = {Colloquium: Trapping and manipulating photon states in atomic ensembles}, volume = {75}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v75/p457}, journal = {Reviews of Modern Physics}, author = {M. D. Lukin}, month = apr, year = {2003}, pages = {457} } @article{eisaman04, title = {Shaping Quantum Pulses of Light Via Coherent Atomic Memory}, volume = {93}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v93/e233602}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {M. D. Eisaman and L. Childress and A. Andr\'{e} and F. Massou and A. S. Zibrov and M. D. Lukin}, month = nov, year = {2004}, pages = {233602} } @article{matsukevich06, title = {Deterministic Single Photons via Conditional Quantum Evolution}, volume = {97}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v97/e013601}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {D. N. Matsukevich and T. Chaneliere and S. D. Jenkins and S.-Y. Lan and T. A. B. Kennedy and A. Kuzmich}, month = jul, year = {2006}, pages = {013601-4} } @article{chen06, title = {Deterministic and Storable Single-Photon Source Based on a Quantum Memory}, volume = {97}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v97/e173004}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Shuai Chen and Yu-Ao Chen and Thorsten Strassel and Zhen-Sheng Yuan and Bo Zhao and Jorg Schmiedmayer and Jian-Wei Pan}, month = oct, year = {2006}, pages = {173004-4} } @article{strekalov_electromagnetically_2007, title = {Electromagnetically induced transparency with a partially standing drive field}, volume = {76}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v76/e053828}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, author = {Dmitry V. Strekalov and Andrey B. Matsko and Nan Yu}, month = nov, year = {2007}, keywords = {quantum interference phenomena,reflectivity}, pages = {053828-7} } @article{julsgaard04, title = {Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light}, volume = {432}, issn = {0028-0836}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03064}, doi = {10.1038/nature03064}, journal = {Nature}, author = {Brian Julsgaard and Jacob Sherson and J. Ignacio Cirac and Jaromir Fiurasek and Eugene S. Polzik}, month = nov, year = {2004}, pages = {482-486} } @article{polzik2009oe, author = {W. Wasilewski and T. Fernholz and K. Jensen and L. S. Madsen and H. Krauter and C. Muschik and E. S. Polzik}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {Raman effect; Squeezed states; Quantum information and processing}, number = {16}, pages = {14444--14457}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Generation of two-mode squeezed and entangled light in a single temporal and spatial mode}, volume = {17}, month = {Aug}, year = {2009}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-16-14444}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.014444}, abstract = {We analyse a novel squeezing and entangling mechanism which is due to correlated Stokes and anti-Stokes photon forward scattering in a multi-level atom vapour. We develop a full quantum model for an alkali atomic vapour including quantized collective atomic states which predicts high degree of squeezing for attainable experimental conditions. Following the proposal we present an experimental demonstration of 3.5 dB pulsed frequency nondegenerate squeezed (quadrature entangled) state of light using room temperature caesium vapour. The source is very robust and requires only a few milliwatts of laser power. The squeezed state is generated in the same spatial mode as the local oscillator and in a single temporal mode. The two entangled modes are separated by twice the Zeeman frequency of the vapour which can be widely tuned. The narrow-band squeezed light generated near an atomic resonance can be directly used for atom-based quantum information protocols. Its single temporal mode characteristics make it a promising resource for quantum information processing.}, } @article{polzik2010pra, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, numpages = {5}, month = {Aug}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.62.033809}, issue = {3}, author = {Kozhekin, A. E. and M\o{}lmer, K. and Polzik, E.}, title = {Quantum memory for light}, year = {2000}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.62.033809}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, pages = {033809}, volume = {62} } @Article{polzikNature04, author = {Brian Julsgaard and Jacob Sherson and J.~Ignacio Cirac and Jaromir Fiurasek and Eugene S.~ Polzik}, title = {Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {432}, pages = {482}, url = {doi:10.1038/nature03064}, year = {2004} } @Article{polzikNatureP11, author = {{Jensen}, K. and {Wasilewski}, W. and {Krauter}, H. and {Fernholz}, T. and {Nielsen}, B.~M. and {Owari}, M. and {Plenio}, M.~B. and {Serafini}, A. and {Wolf}, M.~M. and {Polzik}, E.~S.}, title = {Quantum memory for entangled continuous-variable states}, journal = {Nature Physics}, year = 2011, month = jan, volume = 7, pages = {13-16}, doi = {10.1038/nphys1819}, adsurl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011NatPh\ldots7\ldots13J}, } @book{bachor_guide_2004, edition = {2}, title = {A Guide to Experiments in Quantum Optics}, isbn = {3527403930}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, ADDRESS = "USA", author = {Hans-A. Bachor and Timothy C. Ralph}, month = apr, year = {2004}, } @Article{PhysRevLett.59.198, title = {Squeezed-state generation by the normal modes of a coupled system}, author = {Raizen, M. G. and Orozco, L. A. and Xiao, Min and Boyd, T. L. and Kimble, H. J.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {59}, number = {2}, pages = {198--201}, numpages = {3}, year = {1987}, month = {Jul}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.198}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article{mikhailov2008ol, author = {Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Irina Novikova}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {Coherent optical effects; Stark effect; Lasers and laser optics; Quantum optics; Squeezed states}, number = {11}, pages = {1213--1215}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Low-frequency vacuum squeezing via polarization self-rotation in {R}b vapor}, volume = {33}, year = {2008}, url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-11-1213}, doi = {10.1364/OL.33.001213}, } @article{mikhailov2009arxive2ol, author = {Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Irina Novikova and M. D. Havey and F. A. Narducci }, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {0907.4683}, title = {Vacuum squeezing via polarization self-rotation and excess noise in hot {R}b vapors}, year = {2009}, } @article{ligoSciCol2009, author = {The LIGO Scientific Collaboration}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {0711.3041}, title = {LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory}, year = {2009}, } @article{ilchenkoJOSAB03_shg_theory, author = {Vladimir S. Ilchenko and Andrey B. Matsko and Anatoliy A. Savchenkov and Lute Maleki}, journal = {J. Opt. Soc. Am. B}, keywords = {Harmonic generation and mixing ; Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; All-optical devices; Resonators}, number = {6}, pages = {1304--1308}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Low-threshold parametric nonlinear optics with quasi-phase-matched whispering-gallery modes}, volume = {20}, year = {2003}, url = {http://josab.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-20-6-1304}, } @Article{savchenkovPRL04_SHG, title = {Nonlinear Optics and Crystalline Whispering Gallery Mode Cavities}, author = {Ilchenko, Vladimir S. and Savchenkov, Anatoliy A. and Matsko, Andrey B. and Maleki, Lute }, journal = {Phys. Rev. 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A}, volume = {70}, number = {5}, pages = {051804}, numpages = {4}, year = {2004}, month = {Nov}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.70.051804}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article{sergienko03apl_NRD, abstract = {View This Record in Scopus}, author = {Miller, Aaron J. and Nam, Sae W. and Martinis, John M. and Sergienko, Alexander V.}, citeulike-article-id = {2889631}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal\&id=APPLAB000083000004000791000001\&idtype=cvips\&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?APL/83/791}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, keywords = {detector}, number = {4}, pages = {791--793}, posted-at = {2009-05-05 18:54:05}, priority = {2}, publisher = {AIP}, title = {Demonstration of a low-noise near-infrared photon counter with multiphoton discrimination}, url = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal\&id=APPLAB000083000004000791000001\&idtype=cvips\&gifs=yes}, volume = {83}, year = {2003} } @article{dowling09arxive_super_resolution_NRD, author = {Yang Gao and Christoph F. Wildfeuer and Petr M. Anisimov and Hwang Lee and Jonathan P. Dowling}, title = {Super-Resolution at the Shot-Noise Limit with Coherent States and Photon-Number-Resolving Detectors}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {0907.2382}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2382}, year = {2009} } @article{dowling09arxive_sNRD_fabri_perot, author = {Christoph F. Wildfeuer and Aaron J. Pearlman and Jun Chen and Jingyun Fan and Alan Migdall and Jonathan P. Dowling}, title = {Resolution and sensitivity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer with a photon-number-resolving detector}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1085}, eprint = {0905.1085}, year = {2009} } @article{kardynal08np_APD_NRD, author = {Kardynal, B. E. and Yuan, Z. L. and Shields, A. J.}, title = {An avalanche-photodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector}, doi = {10.1038/nphoton.2008.101}, journal = {Nature Photonics}, keywords = {detector, diode}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {425--428}, posted-at = {2009-04-23 21:25:49}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.101}, volume = {2}, year = {2008} } @article{goda08nph_quantum-enhanced_gw_detector, title = {A quantum-enhanced prototype gravitational-wave detector}, volume = {4}, issn = {1745-2473}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys920}, doi = {10.1038/nphys920}, number = {6}, journal = {Nat Phys}, author = {K. Goda and O. Miyakawa and E. E. Mikhailov and S. Saraf and R. Adhikari and K. {McKenzie} and R. Ward and S. Vass and A. J. Weinstein and N. Mavalvala}, month = jun, year = {2008}, pages = {472--476} } @article{mikhailov2009arxive2JMO, author = {Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Arturo Lezama and Thomas W. Noel and Irina Novikova}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {0903.3156}, title = {Vacuum squeezing via polarization self-rotation and excess noise in hot {R}b vapors}, year = {2009}, } @Article{mikhailov2009jmo, title = "Vacuum squeezing via polarization self-rotation and excess noise in hot {R}b vapors", author = "Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Arturo Lezama and Thomas W. Noel and Irina Novikova", journal = {Journal of Modern Optics}, year = "2009", pages = "1985-1992", number = {18\&19}, volume = {56}, source = "http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/09500340903159503", abstract = { We present experimental and theoretical analysis of quantum fluctuation in a vacuum field in the presence of an orthogonal linearly polarized pump field propagating through a Rb vapor cell. Previously reported theoretical and experimental studies provided somewhat contradictory conclusions regarding the possibility of observing the 'squeezed vacuum'-the reduction of vacuum fluctuations below the standard quantum limit-in this system. Here, using the D1 transitions of Rb in a cell without a buffer as an example, we demonstrate that vacuum squeezing is corrupted by incoherent processes (such as spontaneous emission, elastic scattering, etc), and its observation is only possible in a specific small region of the experimental parameter space. Numerical simulations, in good agreement with the experiment, demonstrate that the two excited state hyperfine levels play a crucial role in the squeezing and excess noise production. The significant influence of far-detuned atoms on the field fluctuations at low noise frequencies imposes the explicit consideration of the full velocity distribution of the atomic vapor. } } @Article{schnabel2010with11db, title = {Observation of squeezed states with strong photon-number oscillations}, author = {Mehmet, Moritz and Vahlbruch, Henning and Lastzka, Nico and Danzmann, Karsten and Schnabel, Roman }, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {81}, number = {1}, pages = {013814}, numpages = {7}, year = {2010}, month = {Jan}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.81.013814}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article{grangier2010oe, author = {Imad H. Agha and Ga\'{e}tan Messin and Philippe Grangier}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {Quantum optics; Squeezed states}, number = {5}, pages = {4198--4205}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Generation of pulsed and continuous-wave squeezed light with $^{87}${R}b vapor}, volume = {18}, year = {2010}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-5-4198}, doi = {10.1364/OE.18.004198}, } @Article{mitchell2008pra, title = {Rubidium resonant squeezed light from a diode-pumped optical-parametric oscillator}, author = {Predojevi\ifmmode \acute{c}\else \'{c}\fi{}, A. and Zhai, Z. and Caballero, J. M. and Mitchell, M. W.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {78}, number = {6}, pages = {063820}, numpages = {6}, year = {2008}, month = {Dec}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.78.063820}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @Article{saleh87prl, title = {Can the channel capacity of a light-wave communication system be increased by the use of photon-number--squeezed light?}, author = {Saleh, B. E. A. and Teich, M. C.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. 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Express}, keywords = {Laser trapping; Nonlinear optics; Laser cooling}, number = {26}, pages = {17699--17708}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Absorption-induced trapping in an anisotropic magneto-optical trap}, volume = {15}, year = {2007}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-26-17699}, } @Article{giacobino2003prl, title = {Polarization Squeezing with Cold Atoms}, author = {Josse, V. and Dantan, A. and Vernac, L. and Bramati, A. and Pinard, M. and Giacobino, E. }, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {91}, number = {10}, pages = {103601}, numpages = {4}, year = {2003}, month = {Sep}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.103601}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @Article{gigiacobino2004prl, title = {Continuous Variable Entanglement using Cold Atoms}, author = {Josse, V. and Dantan, A. and Bramati, A. and Pinard, M. and Giacobino, E. }, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {92}, number = {12}, pages = {123601}, numpages = {4}, year = {2004}, month = {Mar}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.123601}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article{giacobinoOE2009, author = {Sidney Burks and J\'{e}r\'{e}mie Ortalo and Antonino Chiummo and Xiaojun Jia and Fabrizio Villa and Alberto Bramati and Julien Laurat and Elisabeth Giacobino}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {Quantum optics; Squeezed states}, number = {5}, pages = {3777--3781}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Vacuum squeezed light for atomic memories at the {D}2 cesium line}, volume = {17}, month = {Mar}, year = {2009}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-5-3777}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.003777}, abstract = {We report the experimental generation of squeezed light at 852 nm, locked on the Cesium D2 line. 50\% of noise reduction down to 50 kHz has been obtained with a doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator operating below threshold, using a periodically-poled KTP crystal. This light is directly utilizable with Cesium atomic ensembles for quantum networking applications.}, } @article{giacobino96epl, author={A. Lambrecht and T. Coudreau and A. M. Steinberg and E. Giacobino}, title={Squeezing with cold atoms}, journal={EPL (Europhysics Letters)}, volume={36}, number={2}, pages={93}, url={http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/36/i=2/a=093}, year={1996}, abstract={Cold atoms from a magneto-optic trap have been used as a nonlinear (χ (3) ) 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.} } @article{shapiro91ol, author = {S. T. Ho and N. C. Wong and J. H. Shapiro}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {}, number = {11}, pages = {840--842}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Single-beam squeezed-state generation in sodium vapor and its self-focusing limitations}, volume = {16}, year = {1991}, url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-16-11-840}, } @Article{lu98prl, title = {Observation of Squeezing in the Phase-Dependent Fluorescence Spectra of Two-Level Atoms}, author = {Lu, Z. H. and Bali, S. and Thomas, J. E.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {81}, number = {17}, pages = {3635--3638}, numpages = {3}, year = {1998}, month = {Oct}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3635}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @Article{yudinPRA2010, title = {Vector magnetometry based on electromagnetically induced transparency in linearly polarized light}, author = {Yudin, V. I. and Taichenachev, A. V. and Dudin, Y. O. and Velichansky, V. L. and Zibrov, A. S. and Zibrov, S. A.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {82}, number = {3}, pages = {033807}, numpages = {7}, year = {2010}, month = {Sep}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033807}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @ARTICLE{mikhailov2010compass, title = {Measurements of the magnetic field vector using multiple electromagnetically induced transparency resonances in {R}b vapor}, author = {Cox, Kevin and Yudin, Valery I. and Taichenachev, Alexey V. and Novikova, Irina and Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {83}, issue = {1}, pages = {015801}, numpages = {4}, year = {2011}, month = {Jan}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.83.015801}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.015801}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, eprint = {1011.0503}, primaryClass = {physics.atom-ph}, keywords = {Physics - Atomic Physics}, year = 2010, month = nov, } @article{mikhailovOL2009imager, author = {Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and I. Novikova and M. D. Havey and F. A. Narducci}, journal = {Opt. 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After a brief summary of basic continuous-wave and dynamic EIT properties, studies using weak classical signal pulses in optically dense coherent media are discussed, including optimization strategies for stored light efficiency and pulse-shape control, and modification of EIT and slow/stored light spectral properties due to atomic motion. Quantum memory demonstrations using both single photons and pulses of squeezed light are then reviewed. Finally a brief comparison with other approaches is presented.}, } @alias{mitchellPRL10=mitchel2010prl_sqz} @article{mitchel2010prl_sqz, author = {Wolfgramm, Florian and Cer\`e, Alessandro and Beduini, Federica A. and Predojevi\ifmmode \acute{c}\else \'{c}\fi{}, Ana and Koschorreck, Marco and Mitchell, Morgan W.}, volume = {105}, journal = {Phys. Rev. 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S.}, title = {Fast-light for astrophysics: super-sensitive gyroscopes and gravitational wave detectors}, journal = {Journal of Modern Optics}, volume = {54}, number = {16-17}, pages = {2425-2440}, year = {2007}, doi = {10.1080/09500340701639656}, URL = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500340701639656}, eprint = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09500340701639656} } @article{boydJMO2009, author = {Boyd, Robert W.}, title = {Slow and fast light: fundamentals and applications}, journal = {Journal of Modern Optics}, volume = {56}, number = {18-19}, pages = {1908-1915}, year = {2009}, doi = {10.1080/09500340903159495}, URL = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500340903159495}, eprint = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09500340903159495} } @alias{marangosRMP05=FleischhauerRevModPhys} @article{FleischhauerRevModPhys'05, volume = {77}, journal = {Rev. Mod. Phys.}, author = {Fleischhauer, Michael and Imamoglu, Atac and Marangos, Jonathan P.}, month = {Jul}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.77.633}, doi = {10.1103/RevModPhys.77.633}, year = {2005}, title = {Electromagnetically induced transparency: Optics in coherent media}, issue = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, pages = {633--673} } @article{lam2008oe_sq_eit, author = {G. H\`{e}tet and B. C. Buchler and O. Gl\"{o}eckl and M. T. L. Hsu and A. M. Akulshin and H. A. Bachor and P. K. Lam}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {Quantum optics; Squeezed states}, number = {10}, pages = {7369--7381}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Delay of squeezing and entanglement using electromagnetically induced transparency in a vapour cell}, volume = {16}, month = {May}, year = {2008}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-10-7369}, doi = {10.1364/OE.16.007369}, abstract = {We demonstrate experimentally the delay of squeezed light and entanglement using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT)in a rubidium vapour cell. We perform quadrature amplitude measurements of the probe field and find no appreciable excess noise from the EIT process. From input squeezing of 3.2{\textpm}0.5 dB at low sideband frequencies,we observed the survival of 2.0{\textpm}0.5 dB of squeezing at the EIT output.By splitting the squeezed light on a beam-splitter, we generated biased entanglement between two beams. We transmit one of the entangled beams through the EIT cell and correlate the quantum statistics of this beam with its entangled counterpart. We experimentally observed a 2.2{\textpm}0.5{$\mu$}s delay of the biased entanglement and obtained a preserved degree of wavefunction inseparability of 0.71{\textpm}0.01, below the unity value for separable states.}, } @article{kozumaOE07, author = {M. Arikawa and K. Honda and D. Akamatsu and Y. Yokoil and K. Akiba and S. Nagatsuka and A. Furusawa and M. Kozuma}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {Quantum optics; Squeezed states}, number = {19}, pages = {11849--11854}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Observation of electromagnetically induced transparency for a squeezed vacuum with the time domain method}, volume = {15}, month = {Sep}, year = {2007}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-19-11849}, doi = {10.1364/OE.15.011849}, abstract = {A probe light in a squeezed vacuum state was injected into cold $^{87}$Rb atoms with an intense control light in a coherent state. A sub-MHz window was created due to electromagnetically induced transparency, and the incident squeezed vacuum could pass through the cold atoms without optical loss, as was successfully monitored using a time-domain homodyne method.}, } @alias{HorromPhysRevA.86.023803=mikhailov2012sq_magnetometer} @alias{horromPRA12=mikhailov2012sq_magnetometer} @Article{mikhailov2012sq_magnetometer, title = {Quantum-enhanced magnetometer with low-frequency squeezing}, author = {Horrom, Travis and Singh, Robinjeet and Dowling, Jonathan P. and Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {86}, issue = {2}, pages = {023803}, numpages = {5}, year = {2012}, month = {Aug}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023803}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.023803}, eprint = "1202.3831", archivePrefix = "arXiv", abstract = { We report the demonstration of a magnetometer with noise-floor reduction below the shot-noise level. This magnetometer, based on a nonlinear magneto-optical rotation effect, is enhanced by the injection of a squeezed vacuum state into its input. The noise spectrum shows squeezed noise reduction of about 2±0.35 dB spanning from close to 100 Hz to several megahertz. We also report on the observation of two different regimes of operation of such a magnetometer: one in which the detection noise is limited by the quantum noise of the light probe only, and one in which we see additional noise originating from laser noise which is rotated into the vacuum polarization. } } @article{schnabel2005pra_squeezing_control, title = {Experimental characterization of frequency-dependent squeezed light}, author = {Chelkowski, Simon and Vahlbruch, Henning and Hage, Boris and Franzen, Alexander and Lastzka, Nico and Danzmann, Karsten and Schnabel, Roman}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, month = {Jan}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.013806}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.71.013806}, volume = {71}, year = {2005}, issue = {1}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, numpages = {8}, pages = {013806}, abstract = { We report on the demonstration of broadband squeezed laser beams that show a frequency-dependent orientation of the squeezing ellipse. Carrier frequency as well as quadrature angle were stably locked to a reference laser beam at 1064 nm. This frequency-dependent squeezing was characterized in terms of noise power spectra and contour plots of Wigner functions. The latter were measured by quantum state tomography. Our tomograph allowed a stable lock to a local oscillator beam for arbitrary quadrature angles with ±1° precision. Frequency-dependent orientations of the squeezing ellipse are necessary for squeezed states of light to provide a broadband sensitivity improvement in third-generation gravitational-wave interferometers. We consider the application of our system to long-baseline interferometers such as a future squeezed-light upgraded GEO 600 detector. } } @article{seton2005cryogenic, title = "Liquid helium cryostat for SQUID-based MRI receivers", journal = "Cryogenics", volume = "45", number = "5", pages = "348 - 355", year = "2005", note = "", issn = "0011-2275", doi = "10.1016/j.cryogenics.2004.11.011", url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001122750500010X", author = "H.C. Seton and J.M.S. Hutchison and D.M. Bussell", keywords = "Ceramics (A)", keywords = "Liquid helium (B)", keywords = "SQUIDs (D)", keywords = "Cryostats (F)", abstract = {We describe a liquid helium cryostat, developed to cool SQUID-based receivers in low field MRI systems. The cryostat has a 4 L liquid helium capacity, a hold time of over 3 days and accommodates 10 cm diameter receiver coils. New vacuum insulation methods reduce the noise level by at least an order of magnitude compared to existing commercial designs. The minimum detectable field at 425 kHz, with a 5 cm diameter circular coil, was estimated to be 0.018 fT/Hz1/2 from Q-factor measurements and 0.035 fT/Hz1/2 by direct measurement with a SQUID amplifier. Further measurements indicated that most of this field noise probably originates with dielectric losses in the cryostat’s fibreglass shells.} } @article{kitagawa1993pra_squeezed_spin, title = {Squeezed spin states}, author = {Kitagawa, Masahiro and Ueda, Masahito}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {47}, issue = {6}, pages = {5138--5143}, year = {1993}, month = {Jun}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.47.5138}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.47.5138}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article{polzik2000jmo_sq_polarization, Author = {J. Hald and J. L. Sorensen and C. Schori and E. S. Polzik}, Title = {Entanglement transfer from light to atoms}, Journal = {J. Mod. Opt.}, Year = {2000}, Volume = {47}, Number = {14-15}, Pages = {2599-2614}, Month = {NOV}, Abstract = {We describe an approach to mapping of a quantum polarization state of free propagating light on a collective spin of an atomic ensemble. Recent experimental results on generation of a macroscopic spin squeezed ensemble of cold atoms via interaction with squeezed light are analysed in detail.}, Publisher = {TAYLOR {\&} FRANCIS LTD}, Address = {11 NEW FETTER LANE, LONDON EC4P 4EE, ENGLAND}, Type = {Article; Proceedings Paper}, Language = {{English}}, DOI = {10.1080/095003400750039573}, Keywords-Plus = {QUANTUM PROJECTION NOISE; SQUEEZED-LIGHT; ENSEMBLE; STATES} } @article{parashchuk1993qe_polarization_squeezed_light, author={Anatolii S Chirkin and A A Orlov and D Yu Parashchuk}, title={Quantum theory of two-mode interactions in optically anisotropic media with cubic nonlinearities: Generation of quadrature- and polarization-squeezed light}, journal={Quantum Electronics}, volume={23}, number={10}, pages={870}, url={http://stacks.iop.org/1063-7818/23/i=10/a=A05}, year={1993}, abstract={A quantum theory is derived for the propagation of two electromagnetic waves in an anisotropic medium with a cubic nonlinearity. In general, the dynamics are described by a Hamiltonian that corresponds to an anisotropic two-dimensional anharmonic oscillator. The degree of suppression of quantum fluctuations in the quadrature component of one wave decreases when another wave is present. When the nonlinear phase corrections associated with self-interaction of the waves are different, it is possible to create a polarization state of the optical field that is nonclassical, with quantum fluctuations in one of the Stokes parameters smaller than in the coherent state.} } @article{lyyraPRA2011_eit_in_Na2, title = {Electromagnetically induced transparency in an open V-type molecular system}, author = {Lazoudis, A. and Kirova, T. and Ahmed, E. H. and Qi, P. and Huennekens, J. and Lyyra, A. M.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {83}, issue = {6}, pages = {063419}, numpages = {12}, year = {2011}, month = {Jun}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.83.063419}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.063419}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, abstract={ We report the experimental observation of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in an inhomogeneously broadened V-type Na2 molecular system. The experiment is performed with both co- and counterpropagating arrangements for the propagation directions of the coupling and probe laser beams. In our theoretical model we employ the density matrix formalism, as well as perturbative methods for obtaining the probe field absorption profile for both open and closed systems. Simulations of the experimental data show excellent agreement with the predictions derived from the basic theory. Our fluorescent intensity measurements show that, in the copropagating configuration, the EIT plus saturation window depth is about 95%, while under similar conditions in the counterpropagating geometry we observed 40%–45% reduction in the fluorescence signal around the line center. To separate the two simultaneously occurring mechanisms in a V-type system (i.e., EIT and saturation) that are induced by the coupling field, we have carried out theoretical calculations which show that, in the copropagating case, a significant fraction of the depth of the dip is due to the coherent effect of EIT. When the coupling and probe beams are in the counterpropagating configuration, the dip is mostly due to saturation effects alone.We report the experimental observation of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in an inhomogeneously broadened V-type Na2 molecular system. The experiment is performed with both co- and counterpropagating arrangements for the propagation directions of the coupling and probe laser beams. In our theoretical model we employ the density matrix formalism, as well as perturbative methods for obtaining the probe field absorption profile for both open and closed systems. Simulations of the experimental data show excellent agreement with the predictions derived from the basic theory. Our fluorescent intensity measurements show that, in the copropagating configuration, the EIT plus saturation window depth is about 95%, while under similar conditions in the counterpropagating geometry we observed 40%–45% reduction in the fluorescence signal around the line center. To separate the two simultaneously occurring mechanisms in a V-type system (i.e., EIT and saturation) that are induced by the coupling field, we have carried out theoretical calculations which show that, in the copropagating case, a significant fraction of the depth of the dip is due to the coherent effect of EIT. When the coupling and probe beams are in the counterpropagating configuration, the dip is mostly due to saturation effects alone. } } @article{birdAPL2009_eit_acetylene, author = {P. S. Light and F. Benabid and G. J. Pearce and F. Couny and D. M. Bird}, collaboration = {}, title = {Electromagnetically induced transparency in acetylene molecules with counterpropagating beams in V and Lambda schemes}, publisher = {AIP}, year = {2009}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {94}, number = {14}, eid = {141103}, numpages = {3}, pages = {141103}, keywords = {molecular electronic states; organic compounds; self-induced transparency; Stark effect}, url = {http://link.aip.org/link/?APL/94/141103/1}, doi = {10.1063/1.3115143}, abstract={ We report on the experimental observation of electromagnetically induced transparency in V and Λ energy level schemes using counterpropagating coupling and probe beam geometry. The observation was achieved using an acetylene photonic microcell. The conditions required for this observation are explored theoretically, and we show that the use of counterpropagating beams in electromagnetically induced transparency may have applications as a spectroscopic technique where velocity discrimination is desirable. } } @article{lukin98opl_eit_cavity, author = {Mikhail D. Lukin and Michael Fleischhauer and Marlan O. Scully and Vladimir L. Velichansky}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {Optical standards and testing; Diode lasers; Spectroscopy, nonlinear}, number = {4}, pages = {295--297}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Intracavity electromagnetically induced transparency}, volume = {23}, month = {Feb}, year = {1998}, url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-23-4-295}, doi = {10.1364/OL.23.000295}, abstract = {The effect of intracavity electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) on the properties of optical resonators and active laser devices is discussed theoretically. Pronounced frequency pulling and cavity-linewidth narrowing are predicted. The EIT effect can be used to reduce classical and quantum-phase noise of the beat note of an optical oscillator substantially. Fundamental limits of this stabilization mechanism as well as its potential application to high-resolution spectroscopy are discussed.}, } @article{xiao2000opl_eit_cavity, author = {Hai Wang and D. J. Goorskey and W. H. Burkett and Min Xiao}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {Coherent optical effects; Optical amplifiers; Dispersion; Resonance; Coherent optical effects; Linewidth}, number = {23}, pages = {1732--1734}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Cavity-linewidth narrowing by means of electromagnetically induced transparency}, volume = {25}, month = {Dec}, year = {2000}, url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-25-23-1732}, doi = {10.1364/OL.25.001732}, abstract = {Cavity-linewidth narrowing in a ring cavity that is due to the high dispersion and reduced absorption produced by electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in rubidium-atom vapor has been experimentally observed. The cavity linewidth with rubidium atoms under EIT conditions can be significantly narrowed. Cavity-linewidth narrowing was measured as a function of coupling beam power.}, } @article{xiao2007opl_eit_cavity, author = {Haibin Wu and Min Xiao}, journal = {Opt. Lett.}, keywords = {Coherent optical effects; Optical amplifiers; Kerr effect; Dispersion; Coherent optical effects; Linewidth}, number = {21}, pages = {3122--3124}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Cavity linewidth narrowing and broadening due to competing linear and nonlinear dispersions}, volume = {32}, month = {Nov}, year = {2007}, url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-21-3122}, doi = {10.1364/OL.32.003122}, abstract = {We experimentally demonstrate cavity linewidth control by manipulating dispersion of the intracavity medium. By making use of the dramatic change of Kerr nonlinearity near electromagnetically induced transparency resonance in a three-level atomic system, the cavity transmission linewidth can be greatly modified. As the cavity input intensity increases, the cavity linewidth changes from below to above empty cavity linewidth, corresponding to subluminal and superluminal photon propagation in the cavity, respectively.}, } @article{ligo2003PRD_squeezing, title = {Squeezed-input, optical-spring, signal-recycled gravitational-wave detectors}, author = {Harms, Jan and Chen, Yanbei and Chelkowski, Simon and Franzen, Alexander and Vahlbruch, Henning and Danzmann, Karsten and Schnabel, Roman}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D}, volume = {68}, issue = {4}, pages = {042001}, numpages = {8}, year = {2003}, month = {Aug}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.68.042001}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.042001}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @article {ligo2011GRG_ligo3, author = {Mavalvala, Nergis and McClelland, David and Mueller, Guido and Reitze, D. and Schnabel, Roman and Willke, Benno}, affiliation = {LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA}, title = {Lasers and optics: looking towards third generation gravitational wave detectors}, journal = {General Relativity and Gravitation}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, issn = {0001-7701}, keyword = {Physics and Astronomy}, pages = {569-592}, volume = {43}, issue = {2}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1023-3}, note = {10.1007/s10714-010-1023-3}, abstract = {Third generation terrestrial interferometric gravitational wave detectors will likely require significant advances in laser and optical technologies to reduce two of the main limiting noise sources: thermal noise due to mirror coatings and quantum noise arising from a combination of shot noise and radiation pressure noise. Increases in laser power and possible changes of the operational wavelength require new high power laser sources and new electro-optic modulators and Faraday isolators. Squeezed light can be used to further reduce the quantum noise while nano-structured optical components can be used to reduce or eliminate mirror coating thermal noise as well as to implement all-reflective interferometer configurations to avoid thermal effects in mirror substrates. This paper is intended to give an overview on the current state-of-the-art and future trends in these areas of ongoing research and development.}, year = {2011} } @article{mikhailov2006prl_displacement_noise_free_intreferometers, title = {Interferometers for Displacement-Noise-Free Gravitational-Wave Detection}, author = {Chen, Yanbei and Pai, Archana and Somiya, Kentaro and Kawamura, Seiji and Sato, Shuichi and Kokeyama, Keiko and Ward, Robert L. and Goda, Keisuke and Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {97}, issue = {15}, pages = {151103}, numpages = {4}, year = {2006}, month = {Oct}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.151103}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.151103}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, abstract = { We propose a class of displacement- and laser-noise-free gravitational-wave-interferometer configurations, which does not sense nongeodesic mirror motion and laser noise, but provides a nonvanishing gravitational-wave signal. Our interferometers consist of four mirrors and two beam splitters, which form four Mach-Zehnder interferometers. By contrast to previous works, no composite mirrors with multiple reflective surfaces are required. Each mirror in our configuration is sensed redundantly, by at least two pairs of incident and reflected beams. Displacement- and laser-noise-free detection is achieved when output signals from these four interferometers are combined appropriately. Our 3-dimensional interferometer configuration has a low-frequency response proportional to f2, which is better than the f3 achievable by previous 2-dimensional configurations. } } @article{yanbei2002PRD_ligo_cavities, title = {Practical speed meter designs for quantum nondemolition gravitational-wave interferometers}, author = {Purdue, Patricia and Chen, Yanbei}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D}, volume = {66}, issue = {12}, pages = {122004}, numpages = {24}, year = {2002}, month = {Dec}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.66.122004}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.122004}, publisher = {American Physical Society} } @Article{ligo2012instrument_white_paper, title = {Instrument Science White Paper}, author = {LSC}, journal = {LIGO Document Control Center}, year = {2012}, pages = {T1200199}, month = {}, url = {https://dcc.ligo.org/cgi-bin/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=91091} } @article{mikhailov2009AJP_clock_for_undergrads, author = {Nathan Belcher and Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Irina Novikova}, collaboration = {}, title = {Atomic clocks and coherent population trapping: Experiments for undergraduate laboratories}, publisher = {AAPT}, year = {2009}, journal = {American Journal of Physics}, volume = {77}, number = {11}, pages = {988-998}, keywords = {atomic clocks; ground states; hyperfine structure; light coherence; magnetometers; microwave oscillators; physics education; population inversion; radiation pressure; rubidium; self-induced transparency; semiconductor lasers; student experiments}, url = {http://link.aip.org/link/?AJP/77/988/1}, doi = {10.1119/1.3120262}, abstract = {We demonstrate how to construct and operate a simple and affordable apparatus for producing coherent effects in atomic vapor and for investigating their applications in time-keeping and magnetometry. The apparatus consists of a vertical cavity surface emitting diode laser directly current-modulated using a tunable microwave oscillator to produce multiple optical fields needed for the observation of coherent population trapping. This effect allows very accurate measurement of the transition frequency between two ground state hyperfine sublevels, which can be used to construct a coherent population trapping-based atomic clock.} } @article{mikhailov2010JOSAB_linparlin_clock, author = {Eugeniy E. Mikhailov and Travis Horrom and Nathan Belcher and Irina Novikova}, journal = {J. Opt. Soc. Am. B}, keywords = {Coherent optical effects; Line shapes and shifts; Coherent optical effects}, number = {3}, pages = {417--422}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Performance of a prototype atomic clock based on lin{\textbardbl}lin coherent population trapping resonances in {R}b atomic vapor}, volume = {27}, month = {Mar}, year = {2010}, url = {http://josab.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-27-3-417}, doi = {10.1364/JOSAB.27.000417}, abstract = {We report on the performance of the first table-top prototype atomic clock based on coherent population trapping (CPT) resonances with parallel linearly polarized optical fields (lin{\textbardbl}lin configuration). Our apparatus uses a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) tuned to the D1 line of 87Rb with the current modulation at the 87Rb hyperfine frequency. We demonstrate cancellation of the first-order light shift by the proper choice of rf modulation power and further improve our prototype clock stability by optimizing the parameters of the microwave lock loop. Operating in these optimal conditions, we measured a short-term fractional frequency stability (Allan deviation) 2{\texttimes}10{\textminus}11$\tau${\textminus}1/2 for observation times 1 s $\leq$ $\tau$ $\leq$ 20 s. This value is limited by large VCSEL phase noise and environmental temperature fluctuation. Further improvements in frequency stability should be possible with an apparatus designed as a dedicated lin{\textbardbl}lin CPT resonance clock with environmental impacts minimized.}, } @Misc{nergis_prvt_communication, author = {Nergis Mavalvala}, howpublished = {personal communication}, year = 2012 } @article{novikova2011josab_vortex_filter, author = {Nathaniel B. Phillips and Gleb V. Romanov and William F. Ames and Irina Novikova}, journal = {J. Opt. Soc. Am. B}, keywords = {Spatial filtering; Filters; Coherent optical effects}, number = {9}, pages = {2129--2133}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Optical vortex filtering for the detection of electromagnetically induced transparency}, volume = {28}, month = {Sep}, year = {2011}, url = {http://josab.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-28-9-2129}, doi = {10.1364/JOSAB.28.002129}, abstract = {We report on the realization of an optical filter based on an optical vortex mask designed to exclusively detect a weak coherent laser field in the presence of a much stronger, nearly spatially overlapping field. We demonstrate the performance of such an optical vortex filter to eliminate the strong control field and detect only a weak optical field's transmission under the conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency. The attractive feature of such a filter is its insensitivity to optical field frequencies and polarizations, which makes it applicable for a wide range of coherent processes.}, } @alias{RomanovSPIE2012=mikhailov2012SPIE_slow_squeezing} @article{mikhailov2012SPIE_slow_squeezing, author = {Romanov, Gleb and Horrom, Travis and Mikhailov, Eugeniy E. and Novikova, Irina}, title = {Slow and stored light with atom-based squeezed light}, journal = {Proceedings SPIE}, volume = {8273}, number = {}, pages = {827307}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.1117/12.914721}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.914721}, eprint = {} } @article{mikhailov2007PRD_delays_displacement_noise_free_interferometers, title = {Utility investigation of artificial time delay in displacement-noise-free interferometers}, author = {Somiya, Kentaro and Chen, Yanbei and Goda, Keisuke and Mikhailov, Eugeniy E.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D}, volume = {76}, issue = {2}, pages = {022002}, numpages = {9}, year = {2007}, month = {Jul}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.76.022002}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.022002}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, abstract = { Laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors are usually limited by displacement noise in their lower frequency band. Recently, theoretical proposals have been put forward to construct schemes of interferometry that are insusceptible to displacement noise as well as classical laser noise. These so-called displacement-noise-free interferometry (DFI) schemes take advantage of the difference between gravitational waves and displacement noise in their effects on light propagation. However, since this difference diminishes in lower frequencies (i.e., Ω