Complete condensation of photon noise in nonlinear dissipative systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03099v2
• Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:42:18 GMT
• Title: Complete condensation of photon noise in nonlinear dissipative systems
• Authors: Nicholas Rivera, Jamison Sloan, Yannick Salamin, Marin Soljacic
• Abstract summary: Fock states are the most fundamental quantum states of bosonic fields. Yet, Fock states are notoriously difficult to generate. We introduce a new effect in the physics of nonlinear bosons, arising from the interplay of dissipation and Kerr nonlinearity.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Fock states are the most fundamental quantum states of bosonic fields, forming an important basis for understanding their quantum dynamics. As energy and number eigenstates, they have an exactly defined number of quanta, and most faithfully express the particle nature of fields. These properties make them attractive for many applications in metrology, and quantum simulation and information processing. Yet, Fock states are notoriously difficult to generate. The problem is especially acute in optics, where it is difficult to deterministically produce Fock states with more than a single photon, let alone at macroscopic scales. This is in part due to a dearth of mechanisms to produce large Fock states, as well as the deleterious effects of linear dissipation. Here, we introduce a new effect in the physics of nonlinear bosons, arising from the interplay of dissipation and Kerr nonlinearity. In this effect, a nonlinear resonance is dissipationless when it has a particular number of quanta (e.g., photons) inside it, and lossy otherwise. This loss, which results from nonlinear interference, leads to several new quantum statistical effects. For example, it leads to spontaneous condensation of intensity noise, which may enable generation of large Fock and extremely photon-number-squeezed states of light. We also show how this effect has implications for new classes of optoelectronic devices such as lasers, which can stabilize extremely low-noise states in an equilibrium between gain and the nonlinear loss that we introduce. Throughout the text, we present examples of systems that may realize these effects. In one, we show how the nonlinear dissipation could lead to optical Fock states of $n=1000$, while in another, we show how conventional laser architectures could be used to generate macroscopic light ($>10^{12}$ photons) with nearly 95% less noise than the standard quantum limit.

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