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Broad-Band Parametric Deamplification of Quantum Noise in an Optical Fiber

R. M. Shelby, M. D. Levenson, S. H. Perlmutter, R. G. DeVoe, and D. F. Walls
Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 691 – Published 11 August 1986
An article within the collection: The Physical Review Journals Celebrate The International Year of Light
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Abstract

Broad-band squeezed states of light are generated by forward nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a single-mode optical fiber cooled below 4.2 K. The minimum total noise level was (12.5 ± 0.5)% below the standard quantum limit.

  • Received 27 May 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.691

©1986 American Physical Society

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The Physical Review Journals Celebrate The International Year of Light

The editors of the Physical Review journals revisit papers that represent important breakthroughs in the field of optics.

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R. M. Shelby, M. D. Levenson, S. H. Perlmutter, R. G. DeVoe, and D. F. Walls*

  • IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120

  • *Permanent address: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

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Vol. 57, Iss. 6 — 11 August 1986

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