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Q: Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 36: Quanteneffekte II

Q 36.1: Talk

Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 10:45–11:00, HU 1072

Efficient polarization squeezing in optical fibers — •Joel Heersink, Vincent Josse, Gerd Leuchs, and Ulrik L. Andersen — IOIP Max-Planck Forschungsgruppe, Uni. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Günther-Scharowsky-Str. 1 Bau 24, 91058 Erlangen

We report on a novel and efficient source of polarization squeezing using a single pass through an optical fiber. Simply passing this Kerr squeezed beam through a carefully aligned 1/2-waveplate and splitting it on a polarization beam splitter, we find polarization squeezing of up to 5.1 +/- 0.3 dB. The experimental setup allows for the direct measurement of the squeezing angle.