Generation of a stable low-frequency squeezed vacuum field with periodically poled KTiOPO4 at 1064 nm |
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Authors: | Goda Keisuke Mikhailov Eugeniy E Miyakawa Osamu Saraf Shailendhar Vass Stephen Weinstein Alan Mavalvala Nergis |
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Affiliation: | LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. |
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Abstract: | We report the generation of a stable continuous-wave low-frequency squeezed vacuum field with a squeezing level of 7.4+/-0.1 dB at 1064 nm, the wavelength at which laser-interferometric gravitational wave (GW) detectors operate, using periodically poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) in a subthreshold optical parametric oscillator. The squeezing was observed in a broad band of frequencies above 700 Hz where the sensitivity of the currently operational GW detectors is limited by shot noise. PPKTP has the advantages of higher nonlinearity, smaller pump-induced seed absorption, and wider temperature tuning range than alternative nonlinear materials such as MgO-doped or periodically poled LiNbO3, and is, therefore, an excellent material for generation of squeezed vacuum fields for application to laser interferometers for GW detection. |
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