Quantum-Limited Squeezed Light Detection with a Camera

Phys Rev Lett. 2020 Sep 11;125(11):113602. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.113602.

Abstract

We present a technique for squeezed light detection based on direct imaging of the displaced-squeezed-vacuum state using a CCD camera. We show that the squeezing parameter can be accurately estimated using only the first two moments of the recorded pixel-to-pixel photon fluctuation statistics, with accuracy that rivals that of the standard squeezing detection methods such as a balanced homodyne detection. Finally, we numerically simulate the camera operation, reproducing the noisy experimental results with low signal samplings and confirming the theory with high signal samplings.