Generation, measurement and application of squeezed light

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI960683

Project closed

Start date 1 June 1996

End date 31 May 1999

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
United Kingdom

Objective

This project will be concerned with the generation, measurement and application of light with sub- Poissonian statistics, normally called squeezed light. The squeezed light will be generated by use of all solid state diode-pumped light sources producing ultrashort pulses. This light will be frequency doubled and parametrically down-converted to produce squeezed light. This tuneable source of squeezed light will then be used to investigate nonlinear optical and atomic processes. In particular, the efficiency of harmonic generation and of Doppler-free two-photon excitation of Rb atoms will be investigated as a function of the quantum statistics of the illuminating radiation. Further, novel effects of the interaction of squeezed light with cooled and trapped atoms will be explored.

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TP04 - Optics

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 107,Rottenrow 107, John Anderson Building ; G4 ONG GLASGOW ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

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Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data