Squeezed light from an oscillator measured at the rate of oscillation

Christian Bærentsen, Sergey A. Fedorov (), Christoffer Østfeldt, Mikhail V. Balabas, Emil Zeuthen and Eugene S. Polzik ()
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Christian Bærentsen: University of Copenhagen
Sergey A. Fedorov: University of Copenhagen
Christoffer Østfeldt: University of Copenhagen
Mikhail V. Balabas: University of Copenhagen
Emil Zeuthen: University of Copenhagen
Eugene S. Polzik: University of Copenhagen

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Sufficiently fast continuous measurements of the position of an oscillator approach measurements projective on position eigenstates. We evidence the transition into the projective regime for a spin oscillator within an ensemble of 2 × 1010 room-temperature atoms by observing correlations between the quadratures of the meter light field. These correlations squeeze the fluctuations of one light quadrature below the vacuum level. When the measurement is slower than the oscillation, we generate $$11.{5}_{-1.5}^{+2.5}\,{{{{{{{\rm{dB}}}}}}}}$$ 11 . 5 − 1.5 + 2.5 dB and detect $$8.{5}_{-0.1}^{+0.1}\,{{{{{{{\rm{dB}}}}}}}}$$ 8 . 5 − 0.1 + 0.1 dB of squeezing in a tunable band that is a fraction of the resonance frequency. When the measurement is as fast as the oscillation, we detect 4.7 dB of squeezing that spans more than one decade of frequencies below the resonance. Our results demonstrate a new regime of continuous quantum measurements on material oscillators, and set a new benchmark for the performance of a linear quantum sensor.

Date: 2024
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