Generation of a coherent squeezed-like state defined with the Lie–Trotter product formula using a nonlinear photonic crystal

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate how to generate coherent squeezed like light using a nonlinear photonic crystal. Because the photonic crystal reduces the group velocity of the incident light, if it is composed of a material with a second-order nonlinear optical susceptibility $\chi^{(2)}$, the interaction between the nonlinear material and the light passing through it strengthens and the quantum state of the emitted light is largely squeezed. Thus, we can generate a coherent squeezed like light with a resonating cavity in which the nonlinear photonic crystal is placed. This coherent squeezed like state is defined with the Lie--Trotter product formula and its mathematical expression is different from those of conventional squeezed coherent states. We show that we can obtain this coherent squeezed like state with a squeezing level $15.9$ dB practically by adjusting physical parameters for our proposed method. Feeding the squeezed light whose average number of photons is given by one or two into a beam splitter and splitting the flow of the squeezed light into a pair of entangled light beams, we estimate their entanglement quantitatively.
This paper is a sequel to H.~Azuma, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. \textbf{55}, 315106 (2022).