Boston Chapter of the IEEE Photonics Society

Abstract:  Unique properties of squeezed states of light, with quantum noise below the standard quantum  limit in one  of the quadratures,  have a broad  range of possible applications: improvements of  shot noise limited optical sensors,

noiseless  signal  amplification,   secure  communications,  interferometer

sensitivity boosts  (for example  gravitational wave antennas),  light free optical measurements,  quantum memory  probes, and information  carriers. I will  cover  the history  of  squeezing  applications,  and present  a  non conventional way  to generate and  manipulate squeezed states with  hot and cold Rb atoms.

Biography:  Dr.  Eugeniy  Mikhailov  received  his  Ph.D. in  physics  from  Texas  A&M University where  he studied nonlinear  properties of dense  coherent media and in particular slow and fast light  propagation. He worked at MIT in the quantum  measurements group  of  LIGO  during his  post  doctoral study  on improvements  of a  gravitational wave  detector sensitivity  with squeezed states of  light. Now he holds  a research assistant professor  position at the College  of William and  Mary where  he further studies  properties and potential applications of quantum noise generated by atomic ensembles.