Fundamental limits of laser power stabilization via a radiation pressure transfer scheme

authored by
Marina Trad Nery, Stefan L. Danilishin, Jasper R. Venneberg, Benno Willke
Abstract

Traditional active laser power stabilization schemes are fundamentally limited by quantum shot noise on the in-loop photodetector. One way to overcome this limitation is to implement a nondemolition sensing scheme where laser power fluctuations are transferred to motion of a microoscillator, which can be sensed with a high signal-to-noise ratio. In this Letter, we analyze the power stability achievable in a nondemolition scheme limited by quantum and thermal noise.Under the assumption of realistic experimental parameters, we show that generation of a strong bright squeezed quantum state of light should be possible.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Gravitation Physics
QuantumFrontiers
External Organisation(s)
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Maastricht University
Type
Article
Journal
Optics letters
Volume
45
Pages
3969-3972
No. of pages
4
ISSN
0146-9592
Publication date
10.07.2020
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic version(s)
https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_3247907_2/component/file_3247908/content (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.394547 (Access: Closed)