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Quantum squeezing of optical dissipative structures

Isabel Perez-Arjona, Eugenio Roldan, German J. de Valcarcel

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0405148

Abstract

We show that any optical dissipative structure supported by degenerate optical parametric oscillators contains a special transverse mode that is free from quantum fluctuations when measured in a balanced homodyne detection experiment. The phenomenon is not critical as it is independent of the system parameters and, in particular, of the existence of bifurcations. This result is a consequence of the spatial symmetry breaking introduced by the dissipative structure. Effects that could degrade the squeezing level are considered.

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