Efficient detection of spectrally multimode squeezed light through optical parametric amplification

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Main Authors: Kalash, Mahmoud, Han, Ui-Nyung, Ra, Young-Sik, Chekhova, Maria V.
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author Kalash, Mahmoud
Han, Ui-Nyung
Ra, Young-Sik
Chekhova, Maria V.
author_facet Kalash, Mahmoud
Han, Ui-Nyung
Ra, Young-Sik
Chekhova, Maria V.
contents Multimode squeezed light is a key resource for high-dimensional photonic quantum technologies, enabling applications in quantum-enhanced sensing, quantum communication, and quantum computing. Efficient detection of such a multimode squeezed state is essential for unlocking its full potential. Optical parametric amplification (OPA) has recently gained attention as a powerful technique offering loss-tolerant, direct broadband detection, and multimode operation. While OPA has been used to characterize spatially multimode squeezing, its application to spectrally multimode squeezing has not yet been demonstrated. Here, we report on the first experimental demonstration of spectrally multimode squeezing detection using OPA. We achieve simultaneous detection of squeezing across more than 60 spectral modes of a broadband squeezed vacuum state. The observed squeezing is nearly uniform, ranging from -6.5 to -7 dB, which makes the source particularly suitable for constructing continuous-variable cluster states, and indicates the multimode capability of the OPA. The results extend the capabilities of OPA detection into the spectral domain, advancing spectral-mode-based high-dimensional photonic quantum technologies.
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spellingShingle Efficient detection of spectrally multimode squeezed light through optical parametric amplification
Kalash, Mahmoud
Han, Ui-Nyung
Ra, Young-Sik
Chekhova, Maria V.
Quantum Physics
Optics
Multimode squeezed light is a key resource for high-dimensional photonic quantum technologies, enabling applications in quantum-enhanced sensing, quantum communication, and quantum computing. Efficient detection of such a multimode squeezed state is essential for unlocking its full potential. Optical parametric amplification (OPA) has recently gained attention as a powerful technique offering loss-tolerant, direct broadband detection, and multimode operation. While OPA has been used to characterize spatially multimode squeezing, its application to spectrally multimode squeezing has not yet been demonstrated. Here, we report on the first experimental demonstration of spectrally multimode squeezing detection using OPA. We achieve simultaneous detection of squeezing across more than 60 spectral modes of a broadband squeezed vacuum state. The observed squeezing is nearly uniform, ranging from -6.5 to -7 dB, which makes the source particularly suitable for constructing continuous-variable cluster states, and indicates the multimode capability of the OPA. The results extend the capabilities of OPA detection into the spectral domain, advancing spectral-mode-based high-dimensional photonic quantum technologies.
title Efficient detection of spectrally multimode squeezed light through optical parametric amplification
topic Quantum Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04502