Soliton squeezing in optical fibers

The use of squeezed light can overcome the standard quantum limit in phase sensitive optical measurements. This thesis is a theoretical and experimental investigation of soliton squeezing at 1.55gm. Theoretically, the effects of the continuum on squeezing have been investigated. Experimentally, modelocked fiber laser sources at 1.55gm have been developed for both schemes and their noise properties have been investigated. The timing jitter of these lasers are found to be quantum limited. Squeezing has been observed with two schemes, both using the optical fiber as the nonlinear medium. As much as 4.4dB of noise reduction has been detected. Thesis Supervisor: Hermann A. Haus Title: Institute Professor