'Light squeezer' reduces quantum noise in lasers, could enhance quantum computing and gravitational-wave detection
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 10:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists at MIT have designed a quantum "light squeezer" that reduces quantum noise in an incoming laser beam by 15 percent. It is the first system of its kind to work at room temperature, making it amenable to a compact, portable setup that may be added to high-precision experiments to improve laser measurements where quantum noise is a limiting factor.