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Imad H. Agha

Publications and source records attributed to Imad H. Agha.

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arXiv2011

Time-resolved detection of relative intensity squeezed nanosecond pulses in a Rb87 vapor

We present theoretical and experimental results on the generation and detection of pulsed, relative-intensity squeezed light in a hot Rb87 vapor. The intensity noise correlations between a pulsed probe beam and its conjugate, generated through nearly-degenerate four-wave mixing in a double-lambda system, are studied numerically and measured experimentally via time-resolved balanced detection. We predict and observe about -1 dB of time-resolved relative intensity squeezing with 50 nanosecond pulses at 1 MHz repetition rate. (-1.34 dB corrected for loss).

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arXiv2010

Time-resolved detection of relative intensity squeezed nanosecond pulses in a 87Rb vapor

We present experimental studies on the generation and detection of pulsed, relative-intensity squeezed light in a warm rubidium vapor. The noise correlations between a pulsed probe beam and its conjugate -generated through nearly-degenerate four-wave mixing in a double-lambda system- are studied via time-resolved balanced detection. We observe -0.96 dB of time-resolved relative intensity squeezing with 50 nanosecond pulses at 1 MHz repetition rate. (-1.34 dB corrected for loss).

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arXiv2010

Generation of pulsed and continuous-wave squeezed light with $^{87}$Rb vapor

We present experimental studies on the generation of pulsed and continuous-wave squeezed vacuum via nonlinear rotation of the polarization ellipse in a $^{87}$Rb vapor. Squeezing is observed for a wide range of input powers and pump detunings on the D1 line, while only excess noise is present on the D2 line. The maximum continuous-wave squeezing observed is -$ 1.4 \pm0.1$ dB (-2.0 dB corrected for losses). We measure -1.1 dB squeezing at the resonance frequency of the $^{85}$Rb $F=3 \to F'$ transition, which may allow the storage of squeezed light generated by $^{87}$Rb in a $^{85}$Rb quantum memory. Using a pulsed pump, pulsed squeezed light with -1 dB of squeezing for 200 ns pulse widths is observed at 1 MHz repetition rate.

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