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An analytically simple and computationally efficient Gaussian beam mode-decomposition approach to classical diffraction theory
Zhihao Xiao, R. Nicholas Lanning, Mi Zhang +3
We present a method of Gaussian-beam-mode decomposition to calculate classical diffraction of optical beams by apertures. This method offers a entirely different approach to examin…
Quantized Nonlinear Gaussian-Beam Dynamics Tailoring Multimode Squeezed-Light Generation
R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao, Mi Zhang +3
We present a general, second quantization procedure for multi-transverse-spatial mode Gaussian beam dynamics in nonlinear interactions. Previous treatments have focused on the spec…
Multi-pass configuration for Improved Squeezed Vacuum Generation in Hot Rb Vapor
Mi Zhang, Melissa A. Guidry, R. Nicholas Lanning +4
We study a squeezed vacuum field generated in hot Rb vapor via the polarization self-rotation effect. Our previous experiments showed that the amount of observed squeezing may be l…
Why a hole is like a beam splitter--a general diffraction theory for multimode quantum states of light
Zhihao Xiao, R. Nicholas Lanning, Mi Zhang +3
Within the second-quantization framework, we develop a formalism for describing a spatially multimode optical field diffracted through a spatial mask and show that this process can…
Gaussian Beam-Propagation Theory for Nonlinear Optics - Featuring an Exact Treatment of Orbital Angular Momentum Transfer
R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao, Mi Zhang +3
We present a general, Gaussian spatial mode propagation formalism for describing the generation of higher order multi-spatial-mode beams generated during nonlinear interactions. Fu…
Spatial Multi-Mode Structure of Atom-Generated Squeezed Light
Mi Zhang, R. Nicholas Lanning, Zhihao Xiao +3
We investigated the spatial distribution of quantum fluctuations in a squeezed vacuum field, generated via polarization self-rotation (PSR) interaction of an ensemble of Rb atoms a…
Generating squeezed vacuum field with non-zero orbital angular momentum with atomic ensembles
Mi Zhang, Joseph Soultanis, Irina Novikova +1
We demonstrated that by using a pump field with non-zero orbital angular momentum (OAM) in the polarization self-rotation squeezing process it is possible to generate a squeezed va…