Classical simulation of squeezed light in optical waveguide arrays

Andrey A. Sukhorukov*, Alexander S. Solntsev, J. E. Sipe

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    Abstract

    We show that classical light diffraction in arrays of specially modulated coupled optical waveguides can simulate the quantum process of two-mode squeezing in nonlinear media, with the waveguide mode amplitudes corresponding the signal and idler photon numbers. The whole Fock space is mapped by a set of arrays, where each array represents the states with a fixed difference between the signal and idler photon numbers. We demonstrate a transition from photon number growth to Bloch oscillations with periodical revivals of an arbitrary input state, associated with an increase of the effective phase mismatch between the pump and the squeezed photons.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number053823
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume87
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2013

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