Managing spectral properties and Schmidt mode content of squeezed vacuum light using sum-frequency converter

TL;DR

This paper explores how to control and manipulate the spectral and mode properties of squeezed vacuum light using a sum-frequency converter, enabling mode selection, phase-sensitive management, and mode swapping for quantum optics applications.

Contribution

It introduces methods to manage and manipulate the mode content of squeezed light via a sum-frequency converter, including mode blocking, selection, and swapping, while preserving non-classical properties.

Findings

Ability to block and select specific Schmidt modes with preserved non-classical properties

Demonstration of phase-sensitive spectral distribution control

Mode swapping enhances squeezed light without losing photon correlations

Abstract

Capabilities of quantum optical SFG-gate seeded by squeezed light are investigated in the frame of frequency Schmidt modes. Methods to manage and manipulate extensively the properties and mode content of squeezed light are developed. Possibilities to block and select any certain Schmidt mode of squeezed light with conservation of non-classical properties are demonstrated. The significant phase sensitivity of the gate is shown and the ways to manage the spectral distribution of the output light due to the phase effects and variable coupling between modes in the gate are demonstrated. The effect of swapping between modes in the gate is found. It allows to enhance squeezed light in a set of modes without loss of photon correlations which is important for further experiments and new applications.