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Squeezed state has important applications in quantum communication, quantum computing, and precision measurement. It has been used to improve the sensitivity and measurement accuracy of gravitational wave detectors. Currently, squeezed state can be prepared by optical parametric oscillators, four-wave mixing, and atom–optomechanical coupling. As a typical non-classical light, the photon statistics of squeezed state usually shows obvious bunching effect, but it can also present photon antibunching effect through interference or photon subtraction operation. More importantly, squeezed coherent state is prepared by performing displacement operation on the squeezed state. In the case of certain displacement and squeezing operations, squeezed coherent state with obvious antibunching effect can be produced. The squeezed coherent state with photon antibunching effect can be employed to achieve super-resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit, and the state exhibits good particle features which can suppress the multiphoton emission. Then it has become a focus for studying the antibunching effect and quantum statistical properties of squeezed coherent state at a single-photon level. The photon antibunching effect can be characterized by the second-order photon correlation g(2)(τ), which is introduced by Glauber to determine the non-classical properties of the light field. Namely, the second-order photon correlation g(2) can be used as a metric to distinguish different lights. Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) scheme is used to measure the second-order photon correlation experimentally. However, the second-order photon correlation g(2) can reflect only the variance of the photon-number statistical distribution. In order to obtain more information about the photon statistical distribution and non-classical features, it is necessary to measure higher-order photon correlations. Then the higher-order photon correlations for different light fields are studied by extending the traditional HBT scheme and combining with multiplex single-photon detection technology. This method can be applied to ghost imaging, characterization of single-photon detectors, research of exciton dynamics, and analysis of NV center fluorescence emission. However, the research on photon statistics of the squeezed state focuses mainly on the second-order photon correlation and the effect of displacement amplitude on the statistical properties. The effect of squeezed phase on photon antibunching and higher-order photon correlation of squeezed coherent states, with background noise and detection efficiency taken into consideration, have not been investigated. In this paper, we study high-order photon correlations and antibunching effect of phase-variable squeezed coherent state based on an extended HBT scheme. The photon statistics of the squeezed coherent state manifests prominent antibunching effect by adjusting the squeezing parameter r, displacement amplitude α and squeezing phase θ. The antibunching effect of the state can be obtained in a wide range of α-r parameter space when squeezing phase θ∈[0,π/2]. In an ideal case, the minimum antibunching values of the squeezed coherent state are g(2) = 4.006 × 10–4, g(3) = 1.3594 × 10–4 and g(4) = 6.6352 × 10–5. When the detection efficiency η = 0.1 and background noise γ = 10–6, the strong antibunching effect can still be observed, specifically, g(2) = 0.1740, g(3) = 0.0432, g(4) = 0.0149. The results indicate that the antibunching effect of higher-order photon correlation has strong robustness against the experimental environment. In addition, the antibunching effect of the phase-variable squeezed coherent state is studied as a function of the measured mean photon number <n> and the squeezing degree S. When the measured mean photon number is much less than 1 and the squeezing parameter is less than 10–4, a prominent photon anti-bunching effect of g(n) $\ll $ 0.5 can still be obtained. The results show that the control of the squeezing phase θ can be used to prepare the squeezed coherent state with obvious antibunching effect, which has potentially important applications in quantum metrology and secure communication.-
Keywords:
- high-order photon correlation /
- squeezed coherent state /
- squeezing phase /
- antibunching effect
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图 2 压缩相位为θ = 0时, 压缩相干态 (a1)—(c1) |ξ(θ), α
$\rangle $ 和(a2)—(c2) |α, ξ(θ)$\rangle $ 的高阶光子关联随平移振幅α和压缩参数r变化的反聚束结果Figure 2. High-order photon antibunching of squeezed coherent states (a1)–(c1) |ξ(θ), α
$\rangle $ and (a2)–(c2) |α, ξ(θ)$\rangle $ versus displacement amplitude α and squeezing parameter r for squeezing phase θ = 0.图 6 背景噪声γ = 10–6, 探测效率η = 0.5, 压缩度分别为 (a) r = 10–8 (8.6859 × 10–8 dB); (b) r = 10–4 (8.6859 × 10–4 dB); (c) r = 10–1 (8.6859 × 10–1 dB)时, 压缩相干态的g(n)随平均光子数
$\langle $ n$\rangle $ 的变化Figure 6. g(n) of squeezed coherent state versus measured mean photon number
$\langle $ n$\rangle $ when background noise is γ = 10–6, detection efficiency is η = 0.5, and squeezing degrees are (a) r = 10–8 (8.6859 × 10–8 dB); (b) r = 10–4 (8.6859 × 10–4 dB); (c) r = 10–1 (8.6859 × 10–1 dB) respectively.图 7 背景噪声γ = 10–6, 探测效率η = 0.5, 位移分别为 (a) α = 0.01, (b) α = 0.1和(c) α = 1时, 相位可变压缩相干态高阶光子关联g(n)随压缩度S的变化
Figure 7. g(n) of phase-variable squeezed coherent state versus squeezing degree S when background noise is γ = 10–6, detection efficiency is η = 0.5, and displacement amplitudes are (a) α = 0.01, (b) α = 0.1, and (c) α = 1, respectively.
图 8 探测效率η = 0.5, 压缩参数r = 10–4, 平移振幅分别为 (a) α = 0.01, (b) α = 0.0173和(c) α = 0.0233时, 相位可变压缩相干态的高阶光子关联随压缩相位θ和背景噪声γ变化的分布图
Figure 8. Maps of high-order photon correlations g(n) of phase-variable squeezed coherent state versus squeezing phase θ and background noise γ when detection efficiency is η = 0.5, squeezing parameter is r = 10–4 and displacement amplitudes are (a) α = 0.01, (b) α = 0.0173, and (c) α = 0.0233 respectively.
图 9 背景噪声γ = 10–6, 压缩参数r = 10–4, 平移振幅分别为 (a) α = 0.01, (b) α = 0.0173和(c) α = 0.0233时, 压缩相干态的高阶光子关联随压缩相位θ和探测效率η变化的分布图
Figure 9. Maps of g(n) of the squeezed coherent state versus squeezing phase θ and detection efficiency η when background noise is γ = 10–6, squeezing parameter is r = 10–4 and displacement amplitudes are (a) α = 0.01, (b) α = 0.0173, and (c) α = 0.0233, respectively.
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[1] Tian C X, Han D M, Wang Y, and Su X L 2018 Opt. Express 26 29159Google Scholar
[2] Su X L, Wang M H, Yan Z H, Jia X J, Xie C D, Peng K C 2020 Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63 180503Google Scholar
[3] Zhong H S, Wang H, Deng Y H, et al. 2020 Science 370 1460Google Scholar
[4] Hamilton C S, Kruse R, Sansoni L, Barkhofen S, Silberhorn C, Jex L 2017 Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 170501Google Scholar
[5] 孙恒信, 刘奎, 张俊香, 郜江瑞 2015 物理学报 64 234210Google Scholar
Sun H X, Liu K, Zhang J X, Gao J R 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 234210Google Scholar
[6] Casacio C A, Madsen L S, Terrasson A, Waleed M, Barnscheidt K, Hage B, Taylor M A, Bowen W P 2021 Nature 594 201Google Scholar
[7] McCuller L, Whittle C, Ganapathy D, et al. 2020 Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 171102Google Scholar
[8] Lough J, Schreiber E, Bergamin F, et al. 2021 Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 041102Google Scholar
[9] Vahlbruch H, Mehmet M, Danzmann K, Schnabel R 2016 Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 110801Google Scholar
[10] Guerrero A. M, Nussenzveig P, Martinelli M, Marino A M, Florez H M 2020 Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 083601Google Scholar
[11] Ma L, Guo H, Sun H X, Liu K, Su B D, Gao J R 2020 Photon. Res. 8 1422Google Scholar
[12] 左冠华, 杨晨, 赵俊祥, 田壮壮, 朱诗尧, 张玉驰, 张天才 2020 物理学报 69 014207Google Scholar
Zuo G H, Yang C, Zhao J X, Tian Z Z, Zhu S Y, Zhang Y C, Zhang T C 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 014207Google Scholar
[13] 李庆回, 姚文秀, 李番, 田龙, 王雅君, 郑耀辉 2021 物理学报 70 154203Google Scholar
Li Q H, Yao W X, Li F, Tian L, Wang Y J, Zheng Y H 2021 Acta Phys. Sin. 70 154203Google Scholar
[14] Liu S S, Lou Y B, Jing J T 2019 Phys. Rev. Lett. 123 113602Google Scholar
[15] Zhao Y, Okawachi Y, Jang J K, Ji X C, Lipson M, Gaeta A L 2020 Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 193601Google Scholar
[16] Guo Y Q, Guo X M, Li P, Shen H, Zhang J, Zhang T C 2018 Ann. Phys. 530 1800138Google Scholar
[17] Zhang Y, Menotti M, Tan K, Vaidya V D, Mahler D H, Helt L G, Zatti L, Liscidini M, Morrison B, Vernon Z 2021 Nat. Commun. 12 2233Google Scholar
[18] Lemonde M A, Didier N, Clerk A A 2014 Phys. Rev. A 90 063824Google Scholar
[19] Jiang K, Wei L F 2021 Phys. Lett. A 403 127396Google Scholar
[20] Grosse N B, Symul T, Stobinska M, Ralph T C, Lam P K, 2007 Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 153603Google Scholar
[21] Han Y S, Wu D H, Kasai K, Wang L R, Watanabe M, Zhang Y 2020 J. Opt. 22 025202Google Scholar
[22] Schwartz O, Oron D 2012 Phys. Rev. A 85 033812Google Scholar
[23] Schwartz, O, Levitt J M, Tenne, Ron, Itzhakov S, Deutsch, Z, Oron D 2013 Nano Lett. 13 5832Google Scholar
[24] Matsuoka M, Hirano T 2003 Phys. Rev. A 67 042307Google Scholar
[25] Wang Q, Wang X B, Guo G C 2007 Phys. Rev. A 75 012312Google Scholar
[26] Glauber R J 1963 Phys. Rev. 130 2529Google Scholar
[27] Glauber R J 1963 Phys. Rev. 131 2766Google Scholar
[28] 兰豆豆, 郭晓敏, 彭春生, 姬玉林, 刘香莲, 李璞, 郭龑强 2017 物理学报 66 120502Google Scholar
Lan D D, Guo X M, Peng C S, Ji Y L, Liu X L, Li P, Guo Y Q 2017 Acta Phys. Sin. 66 120502Google Scholar
[29] Guo Y Q, Peng C S, Ji Y L, Li P, Guo Y Y, Guo X M 2018 Opt. Express 26 5991Google Scholar
[30] Guo X M, Cheng C, Liu T, Fang X, Guo Y Q 2019 Appl. Sci. 9 4907Google Scholar
[31] Luo S, Zhou Y, Zheng H B, Liu J B, Chen H, He Y C, Xu W T, Zhang S H, Li F L, Xu Z 2021 Phys. Rew. A 103 013723Google Scholar
[32] Li J M, Su J, Cui L, Xie T Q, Ou Z Y, Li X Y 2020 Appl. Phys. Lett. 116 204002
[33] Guo Y Q, Yang R C, Li G, Zhang P F, Zhang Y C, Wang J M, Zhang T C 2011 J. Phys. B At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44 205502Google Scholar
[34] Guo Y Q, Wang L J, Wang Y, Fang X, Zhao T, Guo X M, Zhang T C 2020 J. Opt. 22 095202Google Scholar
[35] Hong P L, Li L M, Liu J J, Zhang G Q 2016 Sci. Rep. 6 23614Google Scholar
[36] Nieves Y, Muller A 2020 Phys. Rev. B 102 155418Google Scholar
[37] Zhou Y, Simon J, Liu J B, Shih Y H 2010 Phys. Rev. A 81 043831Google Scholar
[38] Chen X H, Wu S S, Wu W, Guo W Y, Meng S Y, Sun Z B, Zhai G J, Li M F, Wu L A 2014 J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 31 2105Google Scholar
[39] Hodgman S S, Bu W, Mann S B, Khakimov R I, Truscott A G 2019 Phys. Rew. Lett. 122 233601Google Scholar
[40] Wayne M A, Bienfang J C, Polyakov S V 2017 Opt. Express 25 20352Google Scholar
[41] Amgar D, Yang G L, Tenne R, Oron D 2019 Nano Lett. 19 8741Google Scholar
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[43] Lu Y J, Ou Z Y 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 023601
[44] Boddeda R, Glorieux Q, Bramati A, Pigeon S 2019 J. Phys. B:At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 52 215401Google Scholar
[45] Shih C C 1986 Phys. Rev. D 34 2720Google Scholar
[46] Campos R A, Saleh B E A, Teich M C 1989 Phys. Rev. A 40 1371Google Scholar
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