Single-beam squeezed-state generation in sodium vapor and its self-focusing limitations.
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We describe an experiment that generates squeezed states by means of forward four-wave mixing in sodium vapor with a single optical beam. The single-beam arrangement maximizes the pump-probe spatial overlap in the nonlinear medium. Self-focusing (or self-defocusing) is found to be the major limiting factor in achieving optimal squeezing.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 16 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991