Two-Color Quantum Correlation between Down-Conversion Beams at 1.5 and 3.3 μm from a Singly Resonant Optical Parametric Oscillator
Open Access
- 14 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Applied Sciences
- Vol. 10 (8), 2698
- https://doi.org/10.3390/app10082698
Abstract
We demonstrated a two-color quantum correlation between the down-conversion beams with a telecommunication wavelength at 1.5 μm and mid-infrared wavelength at 3.3 μm generated by a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO) operated above the pump threshold with a magnesium-oxide doped periodically-poled lithium niobate crystal in the cavity. A maximum of 1.8 dB noise reduction of the intensity difference of the twin beams was measured at the analysis frequency of 5 MHz. Based on a theoretical model for the quantum correlation between the twin beams given by a semi-classical approach, the influence of the analysis frequency and pump parameter on the quantum correlation between the twin beams was discussed theoretically and experimentally. The quantum correlation between the twin beams was degraded at the analysis frequencies above 5 MHz due to the limitation of the bandwidth of SRO cavity and was degraded at the analysis frequencies below 5 MHz due to the excess intensity noise of the pump. The two-color quantum correlated twin beams at 1.5 and 3.3 μm have potential applications in high-precision measurements beyond the shot noise level.This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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