Polariton squeezing

Polariton Squeezing

Polariton squeezing refers to the generation of quadrature or intensity squeezed states of polaritons. It was first predicted theoretically and first demonstrated experimentally by Karr et al.

Selected works:

• Squeezing in semiconductor microcavities in the strong-coupling regime. J. Ph. Karr, A. Baas, R. Houdré and E. Giacobino in Phys. Rev. A 69:R031802 (2004).
• Polariton-generated intensity squeezing in semiconductor micropillars. T. Boulier, M. Bamba, A. Amo, C. Adrados, A. Lemaître, E. Galopin, I. Sagnes, J. Bloch, C. Ciuti, E. Giacobino and A. Bramati in Nature Comm. 5:3260 (2014).
• Two-mode squeezing in polariton four-wave mixing. M. Romanelli, J. Ph. Karr, C. Leyder, E. Giacobino and A. Bramati in Phys. Rev. B 82:155313 (2010).
• Periodic squeezing in a polariton Josephson junction. A. Adiyatullin, M. Anderson, H. Flayac, M. Portella-Oberli, F. Jabeen, C. Ouellet-Plamondon, G. Sallen and B. Deveaud in Nature Comm. 8:1329 (2017).