Influence of birefringence induced at low temperature on balanced detection of polarization-dependent photon-number squeezing and its optical compensation
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چکیده
The polarization-dependent photon-number squeezing of 1.5 dB from a grating feedback locking quantum-well laser in a cryostat has been experimentally detected with a balanced homodyne detector including an imperfect nonpolarized-beam splitter. The great influence of the birefringence induced at low temperature on the determination of the shot-noise-limit and on the detection of photon-number squeezing is discussed in detail. Birefringence is compensated for by insertion of a half-wave plate of adjustable inclination into the output beam before the polarization components of the optical system. © 2001 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 270.0270, 270.6570.
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