Date Thesis Awarded
5-2018
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Science (BS)
Department
Physics
Advisor
Irina Novikova
Committee Members
Keith Griffioen
Adwait Jog
Abstract
The goal of the project is to produce a pair of intensity-squeezed light fields using Four-Wave Mixing (FWM) in hot Rubidium vapor. In this process, interaction of atoms with near-resonant strong control optical field results in strong amplification of a weak probe optical field and in generation of a quantum correlated conjugate Stokes optical field. In order to establish the quantum correlation between the Stokes and probe fields, we measured the differential intensity noise between the Stokes and probe fields. If the noise falls below the quantum noise limit, then two-mode intensity squeezing has been achieved, as a first step toward realization of the polarization Bell states. We also examine the conservation of orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the FWM process with OAM-bearing input fields.
Recommended Citation
Super, Nathan, "Two-Mode Squeezing and Conservation of Optical Angular Momentum via Four-Wave Mixing in Rubidium" (2018). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1219.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1219
