Experimental investigation of the effect of dispersion on squeezing generation in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator
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| author | Suerra, Edoardo Altilia, Samuele Olivares, Stefano Ferraro, Alessandro Corli, Sebastiano Prati, Enrico Cialdi, Simone |
| author_facet | Suerra, Edoardo Altilia, Samuele Olivares, Stefano Ferraro, Alessandro Corli, Sebastiano Prati, Enrico Cialdi, Simone |
| contents | An experimental investigation of intracavity dispersion effects in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) is presented. A flexible setup combining spectral and phase shaping of both pump and local oscillator fields with frequency-resolved balanced homodyne detection is employed to examine how intracavity dispersion influences squeezing. Different cavity configurations with varying finesse and dispersion conditions are studied, and the squeezing is measured as a function of pump power and local oscillator bandwidth. Contrary to expectations based on existing theoretical models, the measured squeezing levels remain essentially unchanged as dispersion varies. To account for these observations, a modeling approach is introduced in which intracavity dispersion is described as an effective spectral filtering occurring at the stage of SPOPO supermode generation. Within this framework, the filtering is incorporated directly into the interaction Hamiltonian of the nonlinear process. This perspective establishes a consistent experimental benchmark for the study of dispersion in SPOPOs and underscores the importance of spectral filtering in the interpretation of multimode squeezing experiments. |
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| spellingShingle | Experimental investigation of the effect of dispersion on squeezing generation in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator Suerra, Edoardo Altilia, Samuele Olivares, Stefano Ferraro, Alessandro Corli, Sebastiano Prati, Enrico Cialdi, Simone Optics Quantum Physics An experimental investigation of intracavity dispersion effects in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) is presented. A flexible setup combining spectral and phase shaping of both pump and local oscillator fields with frequency-resolved balanced homodyne detection is employed to examine how intracavity dispersion influences squeezing. Different cavity configurations with varying finesse and dispersion conditions are studied, and the squeezing is measured as a function of pump power and local oscillator bandwidth. Contrary to expectations based on existing theoretical models, the measured squeezing levels remain essentially unchanged as dispersion varies. To account for these observations, a modeling approach is introduced in which intracavity dispersion is described as an effective spectral filtering occurring at the stage of SPOPO supermode generation. Within this framework, the filtering is incorporated directly into the interaction Hamiltonian of the nonlinear process. This perspective establishes a consistent experimental benchmark for the study of dispersion in SPOPOs and underscores the importance of spectral filtering in the interpretation of multimode squeezing experiments. |
| title | Experimental investigation of the effect of dispersion on squeezing generation in a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator |
| topic | Optics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.22806 |