Sensing the vibration of non-reflective surfaces with 10-dB-squeezed-light enhancement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06313v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:29:35 GMT
• Title: Sensing the vibration of non-reflective surfaces with 10-dB-squeezed-light enhancement
• Authors: Pascal Gewecke, Jascha Zander, Roman Schnabel,
• Abstract summary: Laser light with squeezed quantum uncertainty is a powerful tool for interferometric sensing. We demonstrate the strongly quantum-enhanced measurement of the frequency characteristics of surface vibrations in air. Our squeezed laser beam, which simply passes the vibrating surface, delivers a sensitivity that an ultra-stable conventional light beam can only achieve with ten times the power.
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• Abstract: Laser light with squeezed quantum uncertainty is a powerful tool for interferometric sensing. A routine application can be found in gravitational wave observatories. A significant quantum advantage is only achievable if a large fraction of the photons are actually measured. For this reason, quantum-enhanced vibrational measurements of strongly absorbing or scattering surfaces have not been considered so far. Here we demonstrate the strongly quantum-enhanced measurement of the frequency characteristics of surface vibrations in air by measuring the air pressure wave instead. Our squeezed laser beam, which simply passes the vibrating surface, delivers a sensitivity that an ultra-stable conventional light beam in the same configuration can only achieve with ten times the power. The pressure amplitude of a ultrasonic wave of just 0.12 mPa/ Hz was clearly visible with a spatial resolution in the millimetre range and a 1 kHz resolution bandwidth. We envision applications in sensor technology where distant, highly absorbing or optically inaccessible surface vibrations in air are to be measured with limited, e.g. eye-safe, light powers.

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