Abstract
We have used an ultralow threshold continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (OPO) to reduce the quantum fluctuations of the reflected pump beam below the shot noise limit. The OPO consisted of a triply resonant cavity containing a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal pumped by a Nd:YAG (yttrium aluminum garnets) laser and giving signal and idler wavelengths close to $2.12\ensuremath{\mu}\mathrm{m}$ and a threshold as low as $300\ensuremath{\mu}\mathrm{W}.$ We detected the quantum fluctuations of the pump beam reflected by the OPO using a slightly modified homodyne detection technique. The measured noise reduction was $30%$ (inferred noise reduction at the output of the OPO $38%).$
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