Media type: Text; E-Article Title: Quantum noise limits to simultaneous quadrature amplitude and phase stabilization of solid-state lasers Contributor: Huntington, E.H. [Author]; Harb, C.C. [Author]; Heurs, Michèle [Author]; Ralph, T.C. [Author] Published: College Park, MD : American Physical Society, 2007 Published in: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 75 (2007), Nr. 1 ; Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Issue: published Version Language: English DOI: https://doi.org/10.15488/12057; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.75.013802 ISSN: 1050-2947 Keywords: Amplitude modulation ; Laser beams ; Quantum mechanical model ; Quadrature phase noise ; Molecular dynamics ; Solid state lasers ; Phase stabilization ; Optical properties ; Mathematical models ; Quantum theory Origination: Footnote: Diese Datenquelle enthält auch Bestandsnachweise, die nicht zu einem Volltext führen. Description: A quantum mechanical model is formulated to describe the coupling between pump intensity noise and laser frequency noise in a solid-state laser. The model allows us to investigate the limiting effects of closed-loop stabilization schemes that utilize this coupling. Two schemes are considered: active control of the quadrature phase noise of the laser and active control of the amplitude noise of the laser. We show that the noise of the laser in the actively stabilized quadrature is ultimately limited by the vacuum noise introduced by the feedback beamsplitter in both schemes. In the case of active control of the quadrature phase noise, the noise is also limited by the intensity noise floor of the detection scheme. We also show that some sources of noise in the passively stabilized quadrature can be suppressed and that it is possible to achieve simultaneous quadrature amplitude and phase stabilization of a solid-state laser. However, the quantum mechanically driven noise in the passively stabilized quadrature cannot be suppressed. While this poses the ultimate limit to the noise in the passively stabilized quadrature, we show that it is experimentally feasible to observe squeezing directly generated by a solid-state laser using this technique. © 2007 The American Physical Society. Access State: Open Access