Attosecond metrology of bright quantum light

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.06395v1
• Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:28:46 GMT
• Title: Attosecond metrology of bright quantum light
• Abstract summary: We show that attosecond streaking measurement of bright quantum light is sensitive to quantum fluctuations of the optical field on the attosecond timescale.<n>We provide a certification method that can measure quantum squeezing below the shot noise limit, thereby overcoming the problem of tomographically measuring bright quantum light.
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• Abstract: Attosecond metrology is the ability to measure ultrafast optical light-wave oscillations, yet its approach has been limited to classical fields. Hence, the influence of the fluctuations of a quantum field on attosecond measurements has remained unexplored. Here, we close this gap by showing that the attosecond streaking measurement of bright quantum light is sensitive to quantum fluctuations of the optical field on the attosecond timescale. The distinct sub-cycle modulations allow to extract the properties of the squeezed field quadrature in regimes where conventional state tomography approaches reach their limitation. With the full quantum optical attosecond streaking scheme developed here, we provide a certification method that can measure quantum squeezing below the shot noise limit, thereby overcoming the problem of tomographically measuring bright quantum light. This opens the way towards quantum optical metrology of field fluctuations with attosecond temporal resolution.

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