Practical Limits on Integrated Squeezers
arXiv:2606.02524 · doi:10.1038/s44310-026-00125-5
Abstract
Recent experiments have demonstrated the successful generation and detection of moderately squeezed vacuum states with integrated photonics. However, in order to benefit from the reduced noise of highly squeezed light, many different noise sources must be mitigated. Here, we quantify the fundamental limits these noise sources impose on squeezing measurements and find surprising generality across different platforms and designs. We combine these different limitations into a simple model that provides practical guidance for the design and benchmarking of next-generation integrated squeezed-light systems.
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