Squeezed dual-comb spectroscopy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Herman, Daniel I.; Walsh, Mathieu; Kreider, Molly Kate; Lordi, Noah; Tsao, Eugene J.; Lind, Alexander J.; Heyrich, Matthew; Combes, Joshua; Genest, Jerome; Diddams, Scott A.
• 署名单位: University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Laval University; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-8701
• DOI: 10.1126/science.ads6292
• 发表日期: 2025-02-07
• 页码: 653-658
• 关键词: frequency; noise; sensitivity

摘要

Optical frequency combs have enabled distinct advantages in broadband, high-resolution spectroscopy and precision interferometry. However, quantum mechanics ultimately limits the metrological precision achievable with laser frequency combs. Quantum squeezing has led to substantial measurement improvements with continuous wave lasers, but experiments demonstrating metrological advantage with squeezed combs are less developed. Using the Kerr effect in nonlinear optical fiber, a 1-gigahertz frequency comb centered at 1560 nanometers is amplitude-squeezed by >3 decibels (dB) over a 2.5-terahertz bandwidth. Dual-comb interferometry yields mode-resolved spectroscopy of hydrogen sulfide gas with a signal-to-noise ratio nearly 3 dB beyond the shot-noise limit. The quantum noise reduction leads to a twofold quantum speedup in the determination of gas concentration, with implications for high-speed measurements of multiple species in dynamic chemical environments.