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Gravitationally Squeezed Light

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

General Relativity & Gravitation

Volume

21

Issue

3

Publication Date

3-1-1989

First Page

293

Last Page

305

Abstract

Normally, pure states of coherent light have equal uncertainties for pairs of conjugate variables. In recent years, however, it has become possible to produce and detect light in which fluctuations of one of the quadrature components are suppressed below the corresponding flutuations of a coherent state. Such radiation is said to be in a squeezed state. We explore the possibility that a strong gravitational field can produce a squeezed state of light. Such squeezing does in fact occur, and we derive an expression for the resulting uncertainties in a high frequency or long time limit. These results comprise a new, testable prediction of general relativity.

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Published by Springer in General Relativity and Gravitation. Publisher PDF is available through link above. Publisher requires a subscription to access article.

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00764102

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