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Quantum squeezing in an all-resonant periodically poled lithium niobate microresonator

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.22693v1
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:10:57 GMT
Title: Quantum squeezing in an all-resonant periodically poled lithium niobate microresonator
Authors: Xinyi Ren, Reshma Kopparapu, Tushar Sanjay Karnik, Chun-Ho Lee, Kiwon Kwon, Clayton Cheung, Yue Yu, Shi-Yuan Ma, Bo-Han Wu, Ran Yin, Lian Zhou, Quntao Zhuang, Dirk Englund, Zaijun Chen, Mengjie Yu,
Abstract summary: Quadratic platforms provide stronger parametric interactions, lower pump power requirements, and greater spectral engineering flexibility.<n>We demonstrate strong, broadband squeezed-light generation on a thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip.<n>We demonstrate single-mode squeezing at degeneracy with a squeezed-light spectrum exceeding 10.3 THz.
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Abstract: Quantum noise limits the sensitivity of optical measurements, but squeezed states of light enable quantum-enhanced metrology, sensing, and information processing. Most on-chip squeezed-light sources rely on Kerr ($χ^{(3)}$) nonlinearities, remain limited by pump power and excess loss constraints. Quadratic ($χ^{(2)}$) platforms instead provide stronger parametric interactions, lower pump power requirements, and greater spectral engineering flexibility. Here, we demonstrate strong, broadband squeezed-light generation on a thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip using a dual-resonant optical parametric amplifier implemented in a single periodically poled LN (PPLN) microresonator. Near-full-depth domain inversion is achieved simultaneously with highly over-coupled resonances, exhibiting escape efficiencies exceeding 90% and intrinsic quality factors above 2.5 million in a 0.6 mm$^2$ X-cut TF-PPLN resonator, enabling efficient squeezing at 1587 nm when pumped at 793.5 nm. Operating in the continuous-wave regime, we directly measure -0.81 dB of squeezing below the shot-noise limit with a pump power of 27 mW, together with +4.29 dB of anti-squeezing. From these measurements, we infer an on-chip squeezing level of -7.52 dB $\pm$ 0.22 dB (95% confidence interval: [-7.96,-7.10] dB), and an on-chip anti-squeezing level of +9.62 dB $\pm$ 0.25 dB. We demonstrate single-mode squeezing at degeneracy with a squeezed-light spectrum exceeding 10.3 THz. This work reports the highest squeezing ratio among integrated $χ^{(2)}$ cavity platforms and the first quasi-phase matched, fully resonant $χ^{(2)}$ cavity squeezer on chip, establishing a scalable route to fully integrated power-efficient squeezed-light sources for quantum-enhanced sensing and metrology.

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